Synonyms for welcome
ˈwɛl kəm

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. welcome(noun)

   the state of being welcome

   "don't outstay your welcome"

   Antonyms:
   unwelcome, uninvited, say farewell

2. welcome(adj)

   a greeting or reception

   "the proposal got a warm welcome"

   Antonyms:
   uninvited, unwelcome, say farewell

3. welcome(verb)

   giving pleasure or satisfaction or received with pleasure or freely granted

   "a welcome relief"; "a welcome guest"; "made the children feel welcome"; "you are welcome to join us"

   Antonyms:
   unwelcome, uninvited, say farewell

4. welcome(verb)

   accept gladly

   "I welcome your proposals"

   Synonyms:
   receive

   Antonyms:
   uninvited, unwelcome, say farewell

5. welcome, receive(verb)

   bid welcome to; greet upon arrival

   Synonyms:
   encounter, get, incur, find, invite, meet, obtain, have, pick up, take in, experience, receive

   Antonyms:
   uninvited, unwelcome, say farewell

6. welcome(verb)

   receive someone, as into one's house

   Synonyms:
   receive

   Antonyms:
   unwelcome, uninvited, say farewell

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. welcome

   Agreeable refers to whatever gives a mild degree of pleasure; as, an agreeable perfume. Acceptable indicates a thing to be worthy of acceptance; as, an acceptable offering. Grateful is stronger than agreeable or gratifying, indicating whatever awakens a feeling akin to gratitude. A pleasant face and pleasing manners arouse pleasurable sensations, and make the possessor an agreeable companion; if possessed of intelligence, vivacity, and goodness, such a person's society will be delightful. Criminals may find each other's company congenial, but scarcely delightful. Satisfying denotes anything that is received with calm acquiescence, as substantial food, or established truth. That is welcome which is received with joyful heartiness; as, welcome tidings. Compare BEAUTIFUL; CHARMING; DELICIOUS.

   Synonyms:
   acceptable, agreeable, congenial, delicious, delightful, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, satisfying

   Antonyms:
   depressing, disappointing, distressing, hateful, horrible, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, saddening, woful, wretched

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. welcome(n)

   Synonyms:
   reception, salutation

   Antonyms:
   repudiation, repulsion

2. welcome(a)

   Synonyms:
   grateful, acceptable, pleasant, agreeable, gratifying, pleasing

   Antonyms:
   unwelcome, ungrateful, unacceptable, distasteful, unpleasant, disagreeable

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. welcome(n.)

   Synonyms:
   greeting, salutation

2. welcome(n.)

   Synonyms:
   kind reception

3. welcome(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   greet, receive, bid welcome

4. welcome(a.)

   Synonyms:
   gladly received or entertained, admitted with pleasure

5. welcome(a.)

   Synonyms:
   acceptable, pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, grateful, gratifying

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. welcome(n)

   Synonyms:
   greeting, salutation

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "welcome":

   commend, applaud, welcoming, welcomes, welcomed, bienvenue, salute, bienvenido, pleased, appreciate, greet, congratulate, positive, välkommen, bienvenidos, bienvenida, delighted, rejoice, glad, happy, gratifying, host, commendable, -welcome, home, desirable, favourably

How to pronounce welcome?

Alex

US English

Daniel

British

Karen

Australian

Veena

Indian

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How to use welcome in a sentence?

1. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani:

   We are ready to welcome investment, welcome technology and create a new export market, under the new conditions, we want to export 30 percent of what we produce in Iran.

2. Esther Hicks:

   If we were talking to you on your first day of physical experience, we could be of great advantage to you because we would say, “Welcome to planet Earth. There is nothing you cannot be or do or have. And your work here—your lifetime career—is to seek joy.

3. Rick Bayless:

   We get a chance to welcome all of these people. These are the luminaries of the food world coming to Chicago to enjoy our hospitality and, boy, we are being very hospitable.

4. Lee Goodman:

   Their bounded approach in this matter is a welcome new precedent in contrast to past practices.

5. Richard M. Nixon:

   I made my mistakes, but in all my years of public life, I have never profited from public service. I've earned every cent. And in all of my years in public life I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I can say that in my years of public life that I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.

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