acclaim

The word “acclaim” has 2 syllables: ac-claim

It's pronounced as /əˈkleɪm/


What is synonym and antonym for acclaim?

In the thesaurus, “acclaim” has 96 synonyms and 45 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for acclaim along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for acclaim

  • PR
  • acclamation
  • accolade
  • accredit
  • acknowledgment
  • adulate
  • applaud
  • applause
  • approbation
  • approve
  • ballyhoo
  • belaud
  • blow horn
  • boost
  • bravo
  • celebrate
  • celebration
  • celebrity
  • cheer
  • cheering
  • citation
  • clap
  • clapping
  • commend
  • commendation
  • compliment
  • crack up
  • credit
  • deify
  • distinction
  • elevation
  • emblazon
  • encomium
  • endorse
  • enshrinement
  • enthronement
  • eulogize
  • eulogizing
  • eulogy
  • exalt
  • exaltation
  • extol
  • extoll
  • fame
  • favor
  • flatter
  • give a bouquet
  • give a posy
  • give kudos
  • glorification
  • glorify
  • glory
  • hail
  • hand it to
  • hear it for
  • homage
  • honor
  • idolize
  • indorse
  • kudo
  • kudos
  • laud
  • laurels
  • magnify
  • note
  • ovation
  • overpraise
  • panegyric
  • pat on the back
  • pat on the head
  • plaudit
  • plaudits
  • praise
  • props
  • puff
  • puff up
  • pumping up
  • push
  • rave
  • recognition
  • recommend
  • recommendation
  • renown
  • repute
  • rhapsody
  • root
  • salute
  • sing
  • stroke
  • strokes
  • stroking
  • sun
  • support
  • toast
  • tout
  • tribute

Antonyms for acclaim

  • admonish
  • belittle
  • berate
  • beratement
  • blame
  • castigate
  • censure
  • chide
  • condemn
  • condemnation
  • criticism
  • criticize
  • damn
  • debasement
  • denounce
  • denunciation
  • disapproval
  • disapprove
  • discommend
  • discourage
  • dishonor
  • disparage
  • dissuade
  • excoriate
  • humiliation
  • jeering
  • keelhaul
  • knock
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • pan
  • put down
  • rebuke
  • refuse
  • reprehend
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reprobate
  • reprove
  • skewer
  • slag
  • slam
  • vilify
  • vituperate
  • vituperation

Meanings of acclaim

  • verb
    1. To shout; to call out.
    2. To express great approval (for).
    3. To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
    4. To claim.
    5. To declare by acclamations.
    6. To elect to an office by having no opposition.
  • noun
    1. An acclamation; a shout of applause.
    2. A claim.

Example Sentences

  • The actor received widespread acclaim for his performance in the new movie.
  • Her innovative research has earned her international acclaim.
  • The novel was published to critical acclaim and quickly became a bestseller.
  • The artist's latest exhibition has been met with universal acclaim from art critics.
  • The chef's new restaurant has garnered acclaim for its unique and delicious dishes.

On this page you'll find 141 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to acclaim, such as: PR, acclamation, accolade, accredit, acknowledgment, admonish, adulate.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

cajolery

  • a line
  • acclaim
  • acclamation
  • admiration
  • adulation
  • alignment
  • allurement
  • alluring
  • applause
  • appreciation
  • approbation
  • approval
  • arm-twist
  • attraction
  • babble
  • bait
  • baloney
  • blab
  • blandishment
  • blarney
  • blessing
  • bootlicking
  • bouquet
  • brainwashing
  • buttering up
  • cajolement
  • chatter
  • chitchat
  • clack
  • coaxing
  • cogency
  • come-hither
  • come-on
  • commendation
  • comp
  • compliments
  • con
  • conference
  • confirmation
  • congratulations
  • conversation
  • conversion
  • convincing
  • courtesy
  • debate
  • decoy
  • dialogue
  • discussion
  • encomium
  • endorsement
  • enticement
  • entreaty
  • eulogy
  • exaggeration
  • exhortation
  • eyewash
  • fair words
  • fascination
  • favor
  • fawning
  • felicitation
  • flatter
  • flattering
  • flattery
  • flummery
  • force
  • fulsomeness
  • gab
  • gallantry
  • good word
  • goose
  • hard sell
  • hokum
  • homage
  • honey
  • honeyed words
  • honor
  • hook
  • incense
  • inducement
  • inducing
  • influencing
  • ingratiation
  • insincere flattery
  • inveiglement
  • jive
  • kudo
  • laud
  • laudation
  • laurels
  • lobbying
  • lure
  • mousetrap
  • mush
  • nobbling
  • notice
  • obsequiousness
  • oil
  • orchid
  • ovation
  • overpersuasion
  • overpraise
  • palaver
  • panegyric
  • parley
  • pat on the back
  • persuading
  • persuasion
  • persuasiveness
  • plaudits
  • posy
  • potency
  • power
  • praise
  • pressuring
  • pretty speech
  • promise
  • promote
  • prompting
  • puffery
  • pull
  • regard
  • respects
  • sanction
  • seduction
  • sell
  • sentiment
  • smooth talk
  • snare
  • snow
  • snow job
  • soft soap
  • soft words
  • soft-soap
  • squeeze
  • stroking
  • suasion
  • swaying
  • sweet nothings
  • sweet words
  • sweet-talk
  • sweetener
  • sweetening
  • sycophancy
  • talk
  • tantalizing
  • temptation
  • tempting
  • toadyism
  • trap
  • tribute
  • truckling
  • unctuousness
  • urging
  • veneration
  • warm fuzzy
  • wheedle
  • wheedling
  • winning over
  • working over

magnify

  • accelerate
  • accentuate
  • acclaim
  • adore
  • aggrandize
  • aggravate
  • amplify
  • applaud
  • augment
  • belaud
  • bless
  • blow up
  • boost
  • broaden
  • build up
  • canonize
  • caricature
  • carol
  • celebrate
  • chant
  • cheer
  • cite
  • color
  • commend
  • compliment
  • consolidate
  • crack up
  • deepen
  • deify
  • dignify
  • dilate
  • distend
  • dramatize
  • dress up
  • elevate
  • embellish
  • emblazon
  • embroider
  • emphasize
  • enforce
  • enhance
  • enlarge
  • enliven
  • ennoble
  • enshrine
  • ensky
  • enthrone
  • eulogize
  • exacerbate
  • exaggerate
  • exalt
  • expand
  • extend
  • extol
  • extoll
  • flatter
  • fudge
  • glorify
  • gussy up
  • hail
  • hasten
  • hedge
  • heighten
  • hike
  • hike up
  • honor
  • hymn
  • hyperbolize
  • idealize
  • idolize
  • increase
  • inflate
  • intensate
  • intensify
  • jack up
  • jump up
  • laud
  • lengthen
  • lift
  • make mountain of molehill
  • maximize
  • mount
  • multiply
  • overcharge
  • overdo
  • overdraw
  • overemphasize
  • overestimate
  • overplay
  • overrate
  • overstate
  • overstress
  • pad
  • play up
  • praise
  • promote
  • puff up
  • pyramid
  • quicken
  • raise
  • recommend
  • redouble
  • reenforce
  • reinforce
  • renown
  • resound
  • restrengthen
  • rhapsodize
  • rise
  • romanticize
  • rouse
  • run up
  • salute
  • sanitize
  • satirize
  • sharpen
  • step up
  • strengthen
  • stress
  • stretch
  • sugarcoat
  • supplement
  • sweeten
  • swell
  • tout
  • upgrade
  • uplift
  • worship

raise

  • abet
  • accelerate
  • accession
  • acclaim
  • accretion
  • accrual
  • accumulate
  • accumulation
  • activate
  • addendum
  • addition
  • advance
  • advertise
  • aggrandize
  • aggravate
  • air
  • amass
  • amplify
  • announce
  • appendix
  • applaud
  • arouse
  • ascend
  • assemblage
  • assemble
  • attend
  • augment
  • augmentation
  • awaken
  • bare
  • begin
  • blow up
  • boom
  • boost
  • brace
  • breed
  • brew
  • bring up
  • broach
  • broadcast
  • build
  • build up
  • bump
  • buttress
  • call forth
  • carpenter
  • cause
  • celebrate
  • chime in
  • circulate
  • cite
  • cock
  • coin
  • collect
  • collection
  • combine
  • commend
  • commission
  • communicate
  • complement
  • compliment
  • compound
  • conceive
  • concoct
  • confect
  • congratulate
  • congregate
  • congress
  • constitute
  • construct
  • continuation
  • contrive
  • convey
  • cradle
  • crane
  • create
  • crop
  • cultivate
  • culture
  • debate
  • declare
  • decorate
  • describe
  • design
  • detonate
  • develop
  • devise
  • dignify
  • dilate
  • direct
  • discipline
  • disclose
  • discover
  • discuss
  • disseminate
  • distend
  • divulge
  • drag
  • drag up
  • draw out
  • dress
  • edify
  • educate
  • educe
  • elevate
  • elicit
  • elongate
  • encourage
  • energize
  • enflame
  • enhance
  • enlarge
  • enlighten
  • enliven
  • ennoble
  • enounce
  • enunciate
  • erect
  • escalate
  • establish
  • eulogize
  • evince
  • evoke
  • exaggerate
  • exalt
  • excite
  • expand
  • expansion
  • expose
  • expound
  • express
  • extend
  • extension
  • extol
  • extoll
  • extort
  • extract
  • fabricate
  • fashion
  • father
  • feed
  • ferment
  • fetch up
  • fire
  • follow up
  • foment
  • forgather
  • forge
  • form
  • forward
  • foster
  • found
  • frame
  • further
  • gain
  • galvanize
  • gather
  • gathering
  • generate
  • germinate
  • get
  • give
  • give air to
  • glean
  • glorify
  • goose
  • goose up
  • group
  • grow
  • guide
  • hail
  • hammer
  • handcraft
  • harvest
  • heave
  • heft
  • heighten
  • hike
  • hike up
  • hoist
  • hold up
  • honor
  • hype
  • imagine
  • improve
  • inaugurate
  • incite
  • increase
  • increment
  • indoctrinate
  • inflame
  • inflate
  • initiate
  • innovate
  • inspire
  • instigate
  • institute
  • instruct
  • intensify
  • interject
  • interrupt
  • introduce
  • invent
  • invigorate
  • jack up
  • jerry-build
  • jump
  • jump up
  • kick upstairs
  • kindle
  • knight
  • laud
  • lead
  • leg up
  • lengthen
  • lever
  • levy
  • lift
  • lift up
  • look
  • look up
  • magnify
  • make
  • make up
  • manufacture
  • mass
  • maximize
  • mention
  • mentor
  • mind
  • mobilize
  • mold
  • moot
  • more
  • mother
  • motivate
  • mount
  • move up
  • multiply
  • mushroom
  • muster
  • name
  • nourish
  • nurse
  • nurture
  • obtain
  • offer
  • organize
  • originate
  • parlay
  • perk up
  • pick
  • pick up
  • piece
  • pitch
  • place
  • place up
  • plant
  • plus
  • praise
  • prefabricate
  • prepare
  • proclaim
  • procure
  • produce
  • proliferation
  • prolong
  • promote
  • promotion
  • propagate
  • propose
  • protract
  • provide
  • provoke
  • pry
  • publish
  • pull
  • pull up
  • pump up
  • put across
  • put forth
  • put forward
  • put on its end
  • put over
  • put together
  • put up
  • pyramid
  • quicken
  • rally
  • reap
  • rear
  • reassemble
  • rebuild
  • reconstruct
  • recruit
  • redevelop
  • reedify
  • reenforce
  • reinforce
  • rendezvous
  • resurrect
  • retrofit
  • reveal
  • ripen
  • rise
  • root
  • rouse
  • run up
  • run-up
  • salute
  • say
  • school
  • secure
  • send through the roof
  • set
  • set in motion
  • set off
  • set on
  • set up
  • set upright
  • shape
  • shepherd
  • shoot up
  • shove
  • show
  • skyrocket
  • snowball
  • sound
  • sound off
  • sow
  • speak out
  • speak up
  • spike
  • sprout
  • stand up
  • state
  • step-up
  • stimulate
  • stir up
  • stoke
  • strengthen
  • stretch
  • submit
  • suckle
  • suggest
  • supersize
  • supplement
  • supply
  • support
  • swell
  • take up
  • teach
  • tend
  • throw up
  • train
  • trigger
  • tutor
  • uncloak
  • uncover
  • unite
  • unmask
  • unveil
  • up
  • upcast
  • upend
  • upgrade
  • upheave
  • uphold
  • uplift
  • upraise
  • uprear
  • uptick
  • uptrend
  • upturn
  • vent
  • ventilate
  • vitalize
  • voice
  • wangle
  • watch
  • wean
  • whip up
  • wrest
  • wring
  • write
  • write up

take kindly to

  • OK
  • abet
  • accede
  • accept
  • acclaim
  • accord
  • accredit
  • acquiesce
  • admit
  • agree
  • allow
  • applaud
  • approbate
  • approve
  • authorize
  • be big
  • be game for
  • bear
  • bless
  • blink at
  • boost
  • brook
  • buy
  • certify
  • charter
  • commend
  • commission
  • concede
  • concur
  • condone
  • consent
  • countenance
  • empower
  • enable
  • endorse
  • endure
  • enjoy
  • favor
  • franchise
  • free up
  • give a blank check
  • give a thumbs-up
  • give carte blanche
  • give leave
  • give permission
  • give the go-ahead
  • give the green light
  • go along with
  • go for
  • grant
  • grant permission
  • have
  • hear of
  • hold with
  • humor
  • indulge
  • laud
  • leave
  • let
  • let pass
  • license
  • like
  • live with
  • oblige
  • okay
  • pass
  • pass on
  • praise
  • privilege
  • put up with
  • recognize
  • recommend
  • release
  • salute
  • sanctify
  • sanction
  • say yes
  • shake on
  • sign
  • sign off on
  • sit still for
  • stand
  • stand by
  • suffer
  • support
  • sustain
  • thumbs-up
  • tolerate
  • uphold
  • warrant
  • wink at

accept

  • OK
  • abide
  • absorb
  • accede
  • acclaim
  • account
  • accredit
  • acknowledge
  • acquiesce
  • acquire
  • admit
  • adopt
  • advocate
  • affirm
  • agree
  • agree to
  • allow
  • applaud
  • approbate
  • approve
  • assent
  • assume
  • avow
  • back
  • bear
  • bear with
  • believe
  • bide
  • bow
  • brook
  • buy
  • capitulate
  • champion
  • check out
  • commend
  • comply
  • conclude
  • concur with
  • confirm
  • consent
  • cooperate with
  • countenance
  • credit
  • deduce
  • defer to
  • embrace
  • endorse
  • endure
  • enjoy
  • espouse
  • fancy
  • favor
  • fit in
  • gain
  • get
  • give stamp of approval
  • give the go-ahead
  • give the green light
  • give the nod
  • go
  • go along with
  • go for
  • hack
  • handle
  • have
  • hold
  • hold with
  • indorse
  • infer
  • lap up
  • laud
  • like
  • live with
  • meet
  • obtain
  • okay
  • permit
  • play the game
  • pocket
  • praise
  • presume
  • ratify
  • reaccept
  • reassume
  • receive
  • recognize
  • recommend
  • relish
  • respect
  • rubber-stamp
  • salute
  • sanction
  • secure
  • set store by
  • set store on
  • shoulder
  • sign
  • sign off on
  • sit still for
  • stand
  • stand by
  • stand for
  • stick out
  • stomach
  • submit to
  • suffer
  • support
  • suppose
  • sustain
  • swallow
  • sweat out
  • take
  • take as gospel truth
  • take kindly to
  • take on
  • take one up on
  • take over
  • take stock in
  • take up
  • thumbs-up
  • tolerate
  • tough it out
  • trust
  • understand
  • undertake
  • uphold
  • warrant
  • wear
  • welcome
  • yield to

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