approbative
[ ap-ruh-bey-tiv, uh-proh-buh- ]
Synonyms for approbative
- acclamatory
- adulatory
- approbatory
- approving
- commendatory
- encomiastic
- eulogistic
- flattering
- laudative
- panegyrical
- praiseful
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A small victory thus won acts on them like the good dinner to the Alimentive man, or flattery to the Approbative person.
And the approbative shouts of his half-intoxicated auditors filled his simple soul with delight and pride.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR APPROBATIVE
- adulatory
- appreciative
- approbative
- approbatory
- approving
- celebrating
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- congratulatory
- courtly
- encomiastic
- encomiastical
- eulogistic
- fair-spoken
- fawning
- highly favorable
- honeyed
- honoring
- laudatory
- panegyrical
- plauditory
- polite
- praiseful
- respectful
- sycophantic
- unctuous
- well-wishing
- with high praise
- with highest recommendation
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- affirmative
- agreeable
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- assenting
- benevolent
- benign
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- commending
- complimentary
- encouraging
- enthusiastic
- in favor of
- inclined
- kind
- kindly
- laudatory
- okay
- positive
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- predisposed
- reassuring
- recommendatory
- supportive
- sympathetic
- understanding
- welcoming
- well-disposed
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- approbative
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- assenting
- benevolent
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- commending
- complimentary
- encouraging
- enthusiastic
- in favor of
- inclined
- kind
- kindly
- laudatory
- okay
- positive
- praiseful
- predisposed
- reassuring
- recommendatory
- supportive
- sympathetic
- understanding
- welcoming
- well-disposed
- well-intentioned
- acclamatory
- affirmative
- agreeable
- amicable
- approbative
- approbatory
- assenting
- benevolent
- benign
- benignant
- commending
- complimentary
- encouraging
- enthusiastic
- in favor of
- inclined
- kind
- kindly
- laudatory
- okay
- positive
- praiseful
- predisposed
- reassuring
- recommendatory
- supportive
- sympathetic
- understanding
- welcoming
- well-disposed
- well-intentioned
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.