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praise
verb. congratulate; adore
  • acclaim
  • admire
  • adulate
  • advocate
  • aggrandize
  • applaud
  • appreciate
  • approve
  • bless
  • boost
  • bow down
  • build up
  • cajole
  • celebrate
  • cheer
  • cite
  • clap
  • commend
  • compliment
  • cry up
  • dignify
  • distinguish
  • elevate
  • endorse
  • ennoble
  • eulogize
  • exalt
  • extol
  • flatter
  • give thanks
  • glorify
  • hail
  • honor
  • laud
  • make much of
  • panegyrize
  • pay homage
  • pay tribute
  • proclaim
  • puff
  • rave over
  • recommend
  • resound
  • reverence
  • root
  • sanction
  • sing the praises
  • smile on
  • stroke
  • tout
  • worship

puff
verb. publicize
  • admire
  • advertise
  • ballyhoo
  • blow up
  • build
  • commend
  • congratulate
  • cry
  • flatter
  • hype
  • overpraise
  • plug
  • praise
  • press-agent
  • promote
  • push

recommend
verb. advise, approve
  • acclaim
  • advance
  • advocate
  • applaud
  • back
  • be all for
  • be satisfied with
  • celebrate
  • commend
  • compliment
  • confirm
  • counsel
  • endorse
  • enjoin
  • esteem
  • eulogize
  • exalt
  • exhort
  • extol
  • favor
  • front for
  • glorify
  • go on record for
  • hold up
  • justify
  • laud
  • magnify
  • plug
  • praise
  • prescribe
  • prize
  • propose
  • put forward
  • put in a good word
  • put on to
  • sanction
  • second
  • speak highly of
  • speak well of
  • stand by
  • steer
  • suggest
  • think highly of
  • uphold
  • urge
  • value
  • vouch for

relegate
verb. assign, transfer
  • accredit
  • charge
  • commend
  • commit
  • confide
  • consign
  • credit
  • delegate
  • entrust
  • hand over
  • pass on
  • refer
  • turn over

suggest
verb. convey advice, plan, desire
  • advance
  • advise
  • advocate
  • broach
  • commend
  • conjecture
  • exhort
  • give a tip
  • move
  • offer
  • plug
  • pose
  • prefer
  • propone
  • propose
  • proposition
  • propound
  • put
  • put forward
  • put in two cents
  • put on to something
  • recommend
  • steer
  • submit
  • theorize
  • tip
  • tip off
  • tout

turn over
verb. give, transfer
  • assign
  • come across with
  • commend
  • commit
  • confer
  • confide
  • consign
  • convey
  • delegate
  • deliver
  • entrust
  • feed
  • find
  • furnish
  • give over
  • give up
  • hand
  • hand over
  • pass on
  • provide
  • relegate
  • relinquish
  • render
  • supply
  • surrender
  • yield

urge
verb. beg, push for, encourage
  • adjure
  • advance
  • advise
  • advocate
  • appeal to
  • ask
  • attract
  • beseech
  • champion
  • charge
  • commend
  • compel
  • conjure
  • counsel
  • countenance
  • drive
  • egg on
  • endorse
  • entreat
  • exhort
  • favor
  • fire up
  • force
  • further
  • goad
  • hasten
  • impel
  • implore
  • incite
  • induce
  • influence
  • insist on
  • inspire
  • instigate
  • maneuver
  • move
  • plead
  • press
  • promote
  • prompt
  • propel
  • propose
  • push
  • put up to
  • rationalize
  • recommend
  • request
  • sanction
  • solicit
  • speak for
  • spur
  • stimulate
  • support
  • tempt
  • wheedle

memorialize
verb. honor a memory
  • acclaim
  • admire
  • adore
  • aggrandize
  • appreciate
  • celebrate
  • commemorate
  • commend
  • compliment
  • decorate
  • dignify
  • distinguish
  • ennoble
  • erect
  • esteem
  • exalt
  • glorify
  • hallow
  • laud
  • lionize
  • magnify
  • observe
  • praise
  • prize
  • revere
  • roll out red carpet
  • sanctify
  • sublime
  • venerate
  • worship

panegyrize
verb. honor
  • acclaim
  • admire
  • adore
  • aggrandize
  • appreciate
  • be faithful
  • be true
  • celebrate
  • commemorate
  • commend
  • compliment
  • decorate
  • dignify
  • distinguish
  • ennoble
  • erect
  • esteem
  • eulogize
  • exalt
  • extol
  • give glad hand
  • give key to city
  • glorify
  • hail
  • hallow
  • keep
  • laud
  • lionize
  • live up to
  • look up to
  • magnify
  • observe
  • praise
  • prize
  • revere
  • roll out red carpet
  • sanctify
  • sing someone's praises
  • sublime
  • uprear
  • value
  • venerate
  • worship
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Word Origin & History

commend late 14c., from L. commendare "to entrust to, praise," from com- intens. prefix + mandare "to commit to one's charge" (see mandate). In some senses, a shortening of recommend.

Example Sentences for commend

Into Thy hands I commend my body and soul, and all that is mine.

Into thy hands I commend my body and soul, and all that is mine.

If you be really of her kindred, I commend to you my brother: he is at ——, with Mr. Morton.

Now, your Worship, commend me faithfully to my most gracious lord, the Elector.

There is Mother Butterworth, too, whom I might commend to your notice.

Do what you can to cheer my mother's heart, and commend me to Zachary Palmer.

These views cannot fail to commend themselves to any unprejudiced mind.

We commend the book to the careful reading of the railroad stockholder.

We commend our readers to secure this article if possible and read it.

Perhaps Bentham's Book of Fallacies is too political for me to commend it to you here.

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