Synonyms for recommend
ˌrɛk əˈmɛndrec·om·mend

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1. recommendverb

   Antonyms:
   discourage, disapprove, oppose

2. recommendverb

   The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.

   Antonyms:
   disapprove, oppose, discourage

3. recommendverb

   Antonyms:
   discourage, disapprove, oppose

4. recommendverb

   The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.

   Antonyms:
   disapprove, oppose, discourage

5. recommendverb

   A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery

   Antonyms:
   disapprove, discourage, oppose

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1. recommend

   Synonyms:
   commend, confide, praise, applaud, approve, advise

   Antonyms:
   discommend, disapprove, warn, dissuade

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1. recommend, urge, advocateverb

   push for something

   "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

   Synonyms:
   inspire, exhort, root on, press, preach, commend, urge, urge on, pep up, barrack, cheer, advocate

2. commend, recommendverb

   express a good opinion of

   Synonyms:
   remember, urge, commend, advocate

3. recommendverb

   make attractive or acceptable

   "Honesty recommends any person"

   Synonyms:
   urge, commend, advocate

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1. recommendverb

   Synonyms:
   commend, praise, approve

2. recommendverb

   Synonyms:
   make acceptable

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1. recommendverb

   Synonyms:
   commend, praise

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1. List of paraphrases for "recommend":

   recommending, recommends, commend, recommended, recommendation, advise, recommendations, propose

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How to use recommend in a sentence?

1. Ludwig van Beethoven:

   Recommend virtue to your children it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.

2. Tallulah Bankhead:

   Here's a rule I recommend Never practice two vices at once.

3. Ludwig van Beethoven:

   Recommend to your children virtue that alone can make them happy, not gold.

4. Vonda Wright:

   While high-intensity exercise has been found to reap great training advantages, we do not recommend that Masters athletes or Masters-age people go from sedentary activity to intense activity immediately, we recommend Masters athletes progress toward high-intensity activity using speed-play techniques such as the running fartlek – mixing sprints or faster runs into long-distance runs.

5. Lord Chesterfield:

   I recommend that you take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.