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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. recommend

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

   Antonyms:
   discommend, disapprove, warn, dissuade

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

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. Nancy Willard:

   Mindfulness practice can help. I would recommend this for the president, being able to think things through to determine the best approach to deal with a challenging situation is also imperative. Increasing the president's problem solving skills would also help.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   If Leana Wen plans are to go to a 40-to-50-person New Year's Eve party with all the bells and whistles and everybody hugging and kissing and wishing each other a Happy New Year ? I would strongly recommend that, this year, we do not do that.

3. Jake Fisher:

   The Tesla Model 3 struggled last year as the company made frequent design changes and ramped up production to meet demand, but as the production stabilized, we have seen improvements to the reliability of the Model 3 and S that now allow us to recommend both models.

4. David Grossman:

   There's not enough evidence for us to recommend for or against screening in children for autism under 30 months.

5. Jonathan Zachreson:

   They removed all off-ramps, so other mitigations, removing masking – even if COVID prevalence goes down to zero or vaccination rates increase – the CDC guidelines do not recommend removing these protocols for schools like they previously did.