What are some opposite words for criticize?

Antonyms for criticize
ˈkrɪt əˌsaɪzcrit·i·cize

This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term criticize.

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  1. knock, criticize, criticise, pick apartverb

    find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws

    "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"

    Antonyms:
    praise

    Synonyms:
    bump, strike hard, knock, ping, pink, criticise, rap, pick apart, tap

  2. criticize, criticiseverb

    act as a critic

    "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either"

    Antonyms:
    praise

    Synonyms:
    pick apart, criticise, knock

How to use criticize in a sentence?

  1. Lisa Wade:

    It's reasonable to criticize what Actress Sharon Stone is doing as capitulating to the patriarchy because Actress Sharon Stone's making a clear and implicit statement that the way for Actress Sharon Stone to get Actress Sharon Stone career back is to pose nude. But we all bargain with the patriarchy. At least Actress Sharon Stone's being straightforward about how Actress Sharon Stone's claiming to get Actress Sharon Stone career back and I don't think there's anything particularly new or unique or interesting about what doing, if anything, I appreciate Actress Sharon Stone honesty about it.

  2. Nancy Pelosi:

    The first rule of our( congressional delegation) is we never criticize a president of the United States when we are overseas. We have plenty of time to do that when we're back home.

  3. Jens Walter:

    The idea here is not really to criticize the modern lifestyle and its practices, modern lifestyle has tremendous benefits, but obviously, there is a good possibility it also came with a trade-off or collateral damage, and the idea is really to find what is it in modern lifestyle that potentially causes this collateral damage.

  4. Steny Hoyer:

    Ms. Cheney and Mr. Kinzinger have shown great courage to call out and criticize and ask accountability for language such as Ms. Boebert used.

  5. Murat Belge:

    This has nothing to do with insulting the president. This is only about silencing political opposition. This is about intimidating people and scaring the country so nobody would criticize the government.

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