| Main Entry: | commemorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | honor, observe occasion |
Synonyms: |
admire, celebrate, immortalize, keep, memorialize, monument, monumentalize, observe, pay tribute to, perpetuate, remember, salute, solemnize |
Antonyms: |
dishonor, forget, neglect |
| Main Entry: | compliment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | praise, flatter |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, adulate, applaud, butter up, cajole, celebrate, charm, cheer, commemorate, commend, congratulate, endorse, eulogize, exalt, extol, fawn upon, felicitate, give bouquet, glorify, hail, hand it to, honor, ingratiate oneself with, kudize, laud, magnify, make much of, panegyrize, pat on the back, pay respects, pay tribute to, please, puff up, recommend, roose, salute, sanction, satisfy, sing praises of, soothe, speak highly of, take off hat to, toast, trade last, wish joy to, worship |
| Notes: | complement is 'to complete, round out' and compliment is 'to praise or admire' and as a noun it is an expression of praise or admiration |
Antonyms: |
blame, censure, complain, criticize, denounce, insult, libel, slander |
| Main Entry: | distinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make famous |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, admire, celebrate, dignify, honor, immortalize, pay tribute to, praise, signalize |
| Main Entry: | eulogize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | praise, glorify |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, applaud, bless, celebrate, commend, compliment, cry up, exalt, extol, flatter, give a bouquet, give a posy, hymn, idolize, laud, magnify, panegyrize, pay tribute to, sing praises |
Antonyms: |
calumniate, condemn, criticize |
| Main Entry: | exalt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | promote, praise |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, advance, aggrandize, apotheosize, applaud, bless, boost, build up*, commend, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, erect, eulogize, extol, glorify, halo, honor, idolize, intensify, laud, magnify, pay homage to, pay tribute to, raise, revere, set on pedestal, sublime, transfigure, upgrade, uprear, worship |
Antonyms: |
castigate, condemn, criticize, debase, denounce, humiliate |
| Main Entry: | extol |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sing the praises of |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, applaud, bless, boost, brag about, celebrate, commend, cry up, eulogize, exalt, give a boost to, givea bouquet, glorify, hand it to, hats off to, hear it for, hymn, laud, magnify, make much of, panegyrize, pay tribute to, praise, puff up, push, rave, root, stroke* |
Antonyms: |
blame, criticize |
| Main Entry: | signalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distinguish |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, admire, celebrate, characterize, differentiate, dignify, discriminate, elevate, ennoble, exalt, honor, immortalize, individualize, mark*, pay tribute to, praise, set apart, singularize |
| Main Entry: | singularize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distinguish |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, admire, celebrate, characterize, differentiate, dignify, discriminate, honor, immortalize, individualize, mark*, pay tribute to, praise, set apart, signalize |