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Synonyms for applaud
əˈplɔdap·plaud

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. applaud

    In the old sense of wonder, admire is practically obsolete; the word now expresses a delight and approval, in which the element of wonder unconsciously mingles. We admire beauty in nature and art, delight in the innocent happiness of children, enjoy books or society, a walk or a dinner. We approve what is excellent, applaud heroic deeds, esteem the good, love our friends. We honor and respect noble character wherever found; we revere and venerate it in the aged. We extol the goodness and adore the majesty and power of God.

    Synonyms:
    admire, adore, approve, delight in, enjoy, esteem, esteem, extol, honor, love, respect, revere, venerate, wonder

    Antonyms:
    abhor, abominate, contemn, despise, detest, dislike, execrate, hate, ridicule, scorn

    Preposition:
    Admire at may still very rarely be found in the old sense of wonder at.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. applaud

    Synonyms:
    laud, praise, extol, approve, eulogize, commend, cry up, magnify, encourage, cheer

    Antonyms:
    disapprove, denounce, decry, censure, execrate

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. applaud, clap, spat, acclaimverb

    clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

    Synonyms:
    clap, acclaim, spat, herald, hail

    Antonyms:
    hiss, boo

  2. applaudverb

    express approval of

    "I applaud your efforts"

    Synonyms:
    clap, acclaim, spat

    Antonyms:
    hiss, boo

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. applaudverb

    Synonyms:
    cheer, clap

  2. applaudverb

    Synonyms:
    praise, commend, laud, approve, compliment, extol, magnify, cry up

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "applaud":

    welcome, commend, praise, congratulate, salute, clap, appreciate

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#685welcome
#1650enjoy
#1701respect
#3339wonder
#3433encourage
#4193honor
#4831appreciate
#5401herald
#6468approve
#6760praise
#12073esteem
#12252cheer
#14400hail
#16605admire
#18518salute
#18782acclaim
#20787clap
#23934adore
#24649congratulate
#24843revere
#25147commend
#27690applaud
#29947magnify
#34245spat
#70221laud
#79099extol
#143836venerate
#323815eulogize

How to use applaud in a sentence?

  1. Paula Cannon:

    I applaud the authors for at least, you know, doing what they could with the available data and providing some very provocative hypotheses, the good news is theyre very testable.

  2. John Neuffer:

    We applaud President Trump's tweets supporting U.S. companies being able to sell products to China and opposing proposed regulations that would unduly curtail that ability, as we have discussed with the administration, sales of non-sensitive, commercial products to China drive semiconductor research and innovation, which is critical to America's economic strength and national security.

  3. Emmanuelle Seigner:

    This is not a moral tribunal, the past is in the past, we need to focus on the present. The film must speak for itself, the jury must judge and the public, if they want, can applaud.

  4. Arnold Eby:

    It’s not necessarily politically based but more an understanding of your state’s capacity, each state has a different capacity with public or private foster care families or facilities. If your state doesn’t have systems or capacity to do that ... Iwould applaud anybody who makes a decision based on their state not having the capacity to serve.

  5. Sean King Park Strategies:

    Beijing will express total outrage at the [UN tribunal] ruling, refusing to acknowledge its validity. Vietnam and others will politely applaud a favorable Manila ruling, as it’ll knock down Beijing a peg or two and thus, at least rhetorically, strengthen their own posture versus Beijing.


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