| Main Entry: | congratulatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | congratulating |
Synonyms: |
celebratory, complimentary, flattering, laudatory |
| Main Entry: | complimentary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flattering |
Synonyms: |
adulatory, appreciative, approbative, approbatory, approving, celebrating, commendatory, congratulatory, courtly, encomiastic, encomiastical, eulogistic, fair-spoken, fawning, highly favorable, honeyed, honoring, laudatory, panegyrical, plauditory, polite, praiseful, respectful, sycophantic, unctuous, well-wishing, with high praise, with highest recommendation |
| Notes: | something is complimentary when it has the property embodied in such an expression; complementary describes an addition that produces completeness or perfection in something |
Antonyms: |
blaming, censuring, critical, denouncing, disparaging, insulting, reproachful, unflattering |
| Main Entry: | honorary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honorific |
Synonyms: |
celebratory, congratulatory, titular |
| Main Entry: | acclamatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complimentary |
Synonyms: |
admiring, approbatory, approving, commendatory, congratulatory, extolling, laudatory, praising |
| Main Entry: | approbatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complimentary |
Synonyms: |
acclamatory, affirmative, applauding, approbative, approving, commendatory, congratulatory, laudatory, plauditory, praiseful, praising |
| Main Entry: | commendatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complimentary |
Synonyms: |
acclamatory, applauding, approbatory, congratulatory, favorable, laudatory, positive, praiseful, praising |