Synonyms for congratulate
kənˈgrætʃ əˌleɪt or, often, -ˈgrædʒ-, kəŋ-con·grat·u·late

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1. congratulate

   To felicitate is to pronounce one happy or wish one joy; to congratulate is to express hearty sympathy in his joys or hopes. Felicitate is cold and formal. We say one felicitates himself; tho to congratulate oneself, which is less natural, is becoming prevalent.

   Synonyms:
   felicitate

   Antonyms:
   condole with, console

   Preposition:
   Congratulate one on or upon his success.

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1. congratulate

   Synonyms:
   felicitate

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1. compliment, congratulateverb

   say something to someone that expresses praise

   "He complimented her on her last physics paper"

   Synonyms:
   preen, pride, compliment, felicitate, plume

2. congratulate, felicitateverb

   express congratulations

   Synonyms:
   preen, pride, compliment, felicitate, plume

3. pride, plume, congratulateverb

   be proud of

   "He prides himself on making it into law school"

   Synonyms:
   pride, felicitate, hook, primp, surcharge, plume, overcharge, dress, preen, compliment, rob, gazump, fleece, soak, pluck

4. preen, congratulateverb

   pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

   Synonyms:
   pride, felicitate, primp, plume, dress, preen, compliment

Matched Categories

1. • Praise
   • Wish

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1. congratulateverb

   Synonyms:
   felicitate, wish joy to, rejoice with

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1. congratulateverb

   Synonyms:
   felicitate, gratulate

   Antonyms:
   commiserate, condole with

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1. List of paraphrases for "congratulate":

   congratulating, commend, compliment, congratulations, congratulates, commends, congratulated, thank, welcome, commended, felicitate, praise, applaud

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1. Stephanie Schriock:

   Madeleine has been fighting for progressive policies in Pennsylvania House of Representatives for six years, and we are thrilled that she is another step closer to taking that fight to the halls of Congress, the women and working families of this district will be well-served by a champion like Madeleine, which is why we are so proud to stand with her and congratulate her tonight.

2. Vladimir Putin:

   I congratulate all of you on the completion of building this energy bridge which has tied Crimea to Russia, we managed to break through the energy blockade of Crimea within a brief period of time, and we will likewise do away with any other blockade against Russia, should someone wish to test us again.

3. Geert Wilders:

   I congratulate the British people for beating the political elite in both London and Brussels and I think we can do the same, we should have a referendum about a 'Nexit' as soon as possible.

4. David Axelrod:

   We want to congratulate the Israeli people for the democratic process of the election they engaged in with all of the parties that engage in that election, as you know the hard work of coalition building now begins. Sometimes that takes a couple of weeks and we're going to give space to the formation of that coalition government and we're not going to weigh in one way of the other except to say that the United States and Israel have a historic and close relationship and that will continue going forward.

5. Danny Danon:

   Based on the results we see now, Prime Minister Netanyahu has won the election. I congratulate the prime minister, we shall work together as a united party for victory in the coming elections.