What are some opposite words for criticize?

Antonyms for criticize
ˈkrɪt əˌsaɪzcrit·i·cize

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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. John Rhys-Davies:

    It's an age where politicians don't actually say what they believe, they are afraid of being judged as being partisan. Heaven forbid that we should criticize people who, after all, share a different value system. 'But it's all relevant. It's all equally relative. We're all the same. And God and the devil, they're the same, aren't they, really? Right and wrong? It's really just two faces of the same coin,'.

  2. Thom Tillis:

    Those are people nitpicking on smaller subjects that people are going to be looking at in totality, it's no different than when you criticize a governor for saying( a storm) is going to make landfall here, but it was 100 miles up the road. ... As the President, you're trying to give people optimism, because that alone can help improve the situation. But we're learning a lot. We're revising things, and I don't criticize him or our governor for making changes in their estimates and their predictions.

  3. David Perdue:

    This was an icon in Russell Senate. Senate Republican was Senate Republican. They did the Great Society together. So, people would criticize Richard Brevard Russell for maybe being on the wrong side of the integration movement, but my goodness Richard Brevard Russell turned around and got the school lunch program done. Richard Brevard Russell did Richard Brevard Russell Richard Brevard Russell.

  4. Enes Kanter Freedom:

    He said, ‘I have so much things that I want to say, but I cannot because these teams got us,’ if you want another contract, if you want more endorsement deals, if you want other companies to work with you, you have to keep your mouth shut. You cannot criticize the league, the companies, Nike, or whoever - the players or superstars.

  5. Pierre Gallois:

    If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow enobled and no-one dares criticize it.

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