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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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#323815eulogize

How to use applaud in a sentence?

  1. Robert Lowery:

    Our frustration is, we deal with a very desensitized public, the natural inclination (about a runaway) is the child's behavioral problem is why they've left. We also see significant numbers of runway children who are running away from a situation, whether it's abuse or neglect or sexual abuse in the home. These children face unique risks when they're gone so we applaud the conversation and we applaud the attention that this issue is being given.

  2. Tony Long:

    We applaud the commissioner's commitment to preventing illegally caught fish from entering the EU.

  3. Lillian Eichler Watson:

    There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the present.

  4. Steven Hamilton:

    It's great that governments are doing it now, and I applaud them, but this is exactly what governments should have been doing all along.

  5. Ludwig von Beethoven, last words:

    Friends applaud, the comedy is over.


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