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Synonyms for approve
əˈpruvap·prove
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
approve
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, applaud, delight in, enjoy, esteem, esteem, extol, honor, love, respect, revere, venerate, wonderAntonyms:
abhor, abominate, contemn, despise, detest, dislike, execrate, hate, ridicule, scornPreposition:
Admire at may still very rarely be found in the old sense of wonder at.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
approve, O.K., okay, sanctionverb
give sanction to
"I approve of his educational policies"
Antonyms:
reject, disapproveapproveverb
judge to be right or commendable; think well of
Antonyms:
disapprove, reject
Editors Contribution
homologate
express agreement with or approval of.
one body of patrons elected the teacher, the others afterward homologating the appointment.
Submitted by JP03 on February 2, 2015
Dictionary of English Synonymes
approveverb
Synonyms:
commend, recommend, praise, like, appreciate, value, think well or favorably of, think highly of, speak well of, be pleased withapproveverb
Synonyms:
sanction, confirm, justify, ratify, sustain, make valid
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
approveverb
Synonyms:
commend, sanction, countenance, favor, like
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#96 | like | |
#148 | support | |
#370 | love | |
#486 | second | |
#525 | comment | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1582 | approved | |
#1650 | enjoy | |
#1701 | respect | |
#1734 | agree | |
#1893 | accept | |
#2297 | approval | |
#2406 | promote | |
#3339 | wonder | |
#3433 | encourage | |
#4001 | adoption | |
#4193 | honor | |
#4485 | okay | |
#5639 | adopt | |
#6468 | approve | |
#6760 | praise | |
#9635 | endorsement | |
#10918 | authorize | |
#12073 | esteem | |
#12075 | endorse | |
#12083 | adopting | |
#15295 | approves | |
#16605 | admire | |
#16843 | approving | |
#19618 | ratification | |
#19712 | sanction | |
#23934 | adore | |
#24843 | revere | |
#25492 | endorses | |
#27690 | applaud | |
#33232 | ratify | |
#38869 | authorise | |
#79099 | extol | |
#143836 | venerate |
How to use approve in a sentence?
There's no way the state legislature is going to ever approve banning all guns with 10 or more rounds, anyone who wants to carry out a mass murder can easily get such a weapon illegally or by going to another state.
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister:
The producer of the Netflix series called and said,' I wan na do a second part and focus all on [ Don's ] disappearance case.' That may come to fruition, hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister called two days ago and said,' Listen with all this popularity, what do you think ?' I said,' Write it down and pitch what you believe it would look like.' It's hard for us to approve something as an office without knowing what we are approving... I'm open-minded.
We didn't approve that because they didn't have the financing.
Life will not approve of my escape.
They're chopping off heads of Christians and many other people in the Middle East. They're chopping heads off, they laugh at us when they hear we're not going to approve waterboarding and then they'll have a James Foley and others where they cut off their heads.
Translations for approve
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- وافق, استحسنArabic
- доказвам, одобрявам, утвърждавамBulgarian
- aprovarCatalan, Valencian
- schválit, schvalovatCzech
- cymeradwyoWelsh
- bewilligen, gutheißen, genehmigenGerman
- εγκρίνωGreek
- sancionar, aprobarSpanish
- تاییدPersian
- vahvistaa, suvaita, hyväksyä, osoittaaFinnish
- approuverFrench
- approvareItalian
- 賛成Japanese
- sciscoLatin
- goedkeuren, instemmen metDutch
- aprobowaćPolish
- одобрять, утверждатьRussian
- godkännaSwedish
- onaylamakTurkish
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