Synonyms for acknowledge
ækˈnɒl ɪdʒac·knowl·edge

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1. acknowledgeverb

   Synonyms:
   own, recognize, allow, confess, admit, concede, proclaim, avow

2. acknowledgeverb

   To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.

   Synonyms:
   confess, avow, proclaim, allow, concede, admit, own, recognize

3. acknowledgeverb

   To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.

   Synonyms:
   allow, recognize, own, admit, proclaim, confess, concede, avow

4. acknowledgeverb

   To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor.

   Synonyms:
   admit, confess, concede, proclaim, avow, recognize, own, allow

5. acknowledgeverb

   To notify receipt, as of a letter.

   Synonyms:
   allow, concede, recognize, avow, confess, admit, own, proclaim

6. acknowledgeverb

   To own as genuine or valid; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed.

   Synonyms:
   allow, avow, confess, recognize, admit, concede, own, proclaim

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1. acknowledge

   We accept another's statement; admit any point made against us; acknowledge what we have said or done, good or bad; avow our individual beliefs or feelings; certify to facts within our knowledge; confess our own faults; endorse a friend's note or statement; grant a request; own our faults or obligations; recognize lawful authority; concede a claim. Confess has a high and sacred use in the religious sense; as, to confess Christ before men. It may have also a playful sense (often with to); as, one confesses to a weakness for confectionery. The chief present use of the word, however, is in the sense of making known to others one's own wrong-doing; in this sense confess is stronger than acknowledge or admit, and more specific than own; a person admits a mistake; acknowledges a fault; confesses sin or crime. Compare APOLOGY; AVOW.

   Synonyms:
   accept, admit, allow, avow, certify, concede, confess, disclose, endorse, grant, own, recognize

   Antonyms:
   cloak, conceal, cover, deny, disavow, disguise, disown, dissemble, dissimulate, hide, mask, repudiate, screen, secrete, veil

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. acknowledge

   Synonyms:
   avow, admit, recognize, own, accept, profess, endorse, grant, concede, concern

   Antonyms:
   disavow, disclaim, disown, repudiate, ignore, deny

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1. admit, acknowledgeverb

   declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

   "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

   Synonyms:
   admit, notice, allow in, intromit, let in, recognize, take on, hold, accommodate, know, include, recognise, receipt, take, allow, accept

2. acknowledge, receiptverb

   report the receipt of

   "The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper"

   Synonyms:
   know, notice, admit, receipt, recognise, recognize

3. notice, acknowledgeverb

   express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with

   "He never acknowledges his colleagues when they run into him in the hallway"; "She acknowledged his complement with a smile"; "it is important to acknowledge the work of others in one's own writing"

   Synonyms:
   know, discover, comment, find, mark, remark, recognise, note, observe, admit, detect, notice, recognize, receipt, point out

4. acknowledge, recognize, recogniseverb

   express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for

   "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, admit, notice, realize, realise, recognize, recognise, know, agnise, pick out, agnize, receipt, greet, distinguish, make out, discern, spot, accredit

5. acknowledgeverb

   accept as legally binding and valid

   "acknowledge the deed"

   Synonyms:
   know, notice, admit, receipt, recognise, recognize

6. acknowledge, recognize, recognise, knowverb

   accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority

   "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, distinguish, have intercourse, experience, have a go at it, have sex, spot, bed, cognise, know, get laid, make love, bonk, agnise, greet, love, agnize, admit, pick out, eff, live, sleep together, notice, realise, do it, accredit, lie with, make out, discern, be intimate, recognize, jazz, sleep with, hump, receipt, screw, have it off, recognise, have it away, get it on, cognize, bang, realize, roll in the hay

Matched Categories

1. • Accept
   • Communicate
   • Declare
   • React

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. acknowledgeverb

   Synonyms:
   recognize, take cognizance of, be aware of, hold in remembrance

2. acknowledgeverb

   Synonyms:
   admit, grant, concede, allow, accept, indorse, subscribe to, agree to

3. acknowledgeverb

   Synonyms:
   confess, own, avow, profess

4. acknowledgeverb

   Synonyms:
   express gratitude for, give thanks for

5. acknowledgeverb

   Synonyms:
   own or admit the validity of

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1. acknowledgeverb

   Synonyms:
   admit, avow, concede, own, confess

   Antonyms:
   repudiate, deny, disavow

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1. List of paraphrases for "acknowledge":

   recognize, recognise, admit, recognition, recognizing, confess, accuse, recognized, realise, accept, concede, confirm, thank

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1. Cassey Ho of Blogilates:

   Really acknowledge them, at the end of the day, people just want someone to say, ‘good job.’.

2. Muriel Bowser:

   It is unconscionable for the Trump Administration to acknowledge that these individuals are working without pay and with no end in sight, but will not make the smallest effort to help them by allowing states to offer unemployment insurance benefits, dC wants to do more and we are willing to step up. These employees continue to work, they're taking on the cost of commuting to work, yet, they're not getting paid nor are they receiving any financial assistance.

3. Bill Hagerty:

   I think step one is to stop deflecting and to own it and to acknowledge the fact that we have new challenges that are emerging from the situation in Afghanistan, what we need to see is… action that demonstrates and underscores the fact that we are not going to sit idle in the face of a heightened threat of terror.

4. Paul Rieckhoff:

   For far too long he was apologizing for the VA. He was refusing to acknowledge the severity. He was positioning it as a smaller issue than it was while veterans were dying waiting for care.

5. Lori Lightfoot:

   There's a flaw in the system, we need to work together to fix it, but we've got to acknowledge that there's a problem, because it is driving some of the surge in violence.