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Antonyms for commend
kəˈmɛndcom·mend

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. commend

    Antonyms:
    complain, croak, find fault, growl, grumble, grunt, murmur, remonstrate, repine

    Synonyms:
    applaud, approve, eulogize, laud, praise

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  1. commend

    Antonyms:
    blame, censure, disapprove, discourage, denounce, condemn, discommend

    Synonyms:
    praise, laud, extol, approve, recommend, encourage, applaud, eulogize

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Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 4 votes

  1. commendverb

    express approval of

    Synonyms:
    remember, recommend

  2. commendverb

    present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence

    "His paintings commend him to the artistic world"

    Synonyms:
    remember, recommend

  3. commendverb

    give to in charge

    "I commend my children to you"

    Synonyms:
    remember, recommend

  4. commend, recommendverb

    express a good opinion of

    Synonyms:
    remember, urge, recommend, advocate

  5. commend, rememberverb

    mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship

    "Remember me to your wife"

    Synonyms:
    retrieve, call up, think back, commemorate, recollect, recommend, call back, recall, think, remember, think of

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. commendverb

    Synonyms:
    commit, consign, intrust, praise, extol recommend

How to use commend in a sentence?

  1. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker:

    We will increase reception capacities to 100,000 places in Greece and in the western Balkans, i commend the Greek prime minister for this commitment to increase reception capacity in Greece to 30,000 places by the end of this year, with the UNHCR to help provide at least 20,000 more places in Greece.

  2. George Gascón:

    The jury's decision demonstrates how our legal system can work to hold accountable people regardless of their wealth and status in life, i want to commend our prosecution team and investigators for their diligent work to ultimately bring justice for those who have been waiting more than 20 years.

  3. Carlos Curbelo:

    I commend Speaker Ryan for having the courage to not just fall in line, i think what the Speaker is trying to do is ask and understand what are Mr. Trump’s goals.

  4. Aaron Smith:

    We agree with Senator Schumer that this legislation is long overdue and commend his leadership as the Senate’s top Democrat to finally modernize our nation’s marijuana policies, removing cannabis from the federal Controlled Substances Act will allow states to continue to successfully regulate cannabis, undermine criminal markets, create new economic opportunities, and will pave the way to much-needed research into the therapeutic potential of cannabis.

  5. Marcus Jones:

    I commend the excellent work of the police dispatcher and call taker, with our Emergency Communications Center, as well as the courageous acts of our officers potentially going into a dangerous and unstable situation to arrest this suspect.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#10641complain
#20138discourage
#21118condemn
#25147commend
#31947disapprove
#34919grunt
#40292denounce
#41253murmur
#41315growl
#42143censure
#57408grumble
#73790croak
#235554remonstrate
#288684repine

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