acknowledged

The word “acknowledged” has 3 syllables: ac-knowl-edged

It's pronounced as /əkˈnɒlɪdʒd/


What is synonym and antonym for acknowledged?

In the thesaurus, “acknowledged” has 93 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for acknowledged

  • accepted
  • admitted
  • affirmed
  • agreed
  • allowed
  • announced
  • approved
  • authorized
  • avowed
  • betrayed
  • big-name
  • blabbed
  • breathed
  • broadcast
  • broadcasted
  • broke
  • celebrated
  • commonly accepted
  • communicated
  • conceded
  • confessed
  • confirmed
  • declared
  • disburdened
  • disclosed
  • distinguished
  • divulged
  • eminent
  • estimable
  • exceptional
  • exposed
  • fabled
  • fabulous
  • famed
  • famous
  • favorite
  • formidable
  • gave away
  • generally accepted
  • granted
  • great
  • honorable
  • illustrious
  • imparted
  • important
  • infamous
  • informed
  • leading
  • leaked
  • legendary
  • notable
  • noted
  • noteworthy
  • notorious
  • outstanding
  • popular
  • preeminent
  • preferred
  • prestigious
  • proclaimed
  • professed
  • prominent
  • published
  • ratted
  • recognized
  • redoubtable
  • remarkable
  • renowned
  • reputable
  • respectable
  • respected
  • revealed
  • said
  • sanctioned
  • significant
  • spilled
  • spilt
  • squealed
  • star
  • supereminent
  • superior
  • talked
  • tattled
  • told
  • unburdened
  • unloaded
  • unquestioned
  • unveiled
  • visible
  • warned
  • well-known
  • whispered
  • yielded

Antonyms for acknowledged

Meanings of acknowledged

  • verb
    1. To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
    2. To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
    3. To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour).
    4. To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).
    5. To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
  • adjective
    1. Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.

Example Sentences

  • She acknowledged his help with a grateful smile.
  • The scientist was acknowledged for her groundbreaking research.
  • He barely acknowledged my presence in the meeting.
  • The company acknowledged the mistake and issued an apology.
  • His talent was finally acknowledged by the industry.

On this page you'll find 124 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to acknowledged, such as: accepted, admitted, affirmed, agreed, allowed, announced, anonymous.

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

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earned

taken for granted

  • absolute
  • acceptable
  • accepted
  • accurate
  • accustomed
  • acknowledged
  • affirmed
  • alleged
  • ancestral
  • appreciated
  • asserted
  • assumed
  • averred
  • avouched
  • avowed
  • axiomatic
  • believed
  • certain
  • claimed
  • classic
  • classical
  • common
  • complete
  • conceived
  • concluded
  • conjectured
  • connoted
  • constant
  • constructive
  • contained
  • contended
  • conventional
  • counted on
  • credited
  • customary
  • declared
  • deduced
  • definite
  • doctrinal
  • down pat
  • dreamed
  • dreamt
  • entire
  • fancied
  • figured
  • firm
  • fixed
  • folk
  • full
  • gathered
  • given
  • granted
  • guessed
  • habitual
  • historic
  • hypothecated
  • hypothesized
  • hypothetical
  • imagined
  • immemorial
  • implicative
  • implied
  • inarticulate
  • inevitable
  • inferential
  • inferred
  • insisted
  • judged
  • known
  • latent
  • likely
  • long-established
  • maintained
  • old
  • on to
  • oral
  • pat
  • perceived
  • popular
  • possible
  • postulated
  • practical
  • preconceived
  • premised
  • prescribed
  • presumable
  • presumed
  • presupposed
  • probable
  • professed
  • prospective
  • reckoned
  • regular
  • roger
  • rooted
  • said
  • sanctioned
  • speculated
  • standard
  • steadfast
  • supposed
  • suppositional
  • suppositive
  • surmised
  • suspected
  • suspicioned
  • swallowed
  • tacit
  • taken
  • taken as known
  • theorized
  • thought
  • time-honored
  • total
  • transmitted
  • unconditional
  • undeclared
  • understood
  • undoubting
  • unexpressed
  • unfaltering
  • unhesitating
  • universal
  • unqualified
  • unquestioned
  • unquestioning
  • unreserved
  • unsaid
  • unshakable
  • unspoken
  • unstated
  • unuttered
  • unwritten
  • usual
  • vintage
  • virtual
  • wholehearted
  • widely used
  • widespread
  • wise to
  • wordless

obtained

sanctioned

accepted

  • abided
  • abode
  • absorbed
  • acceded
  • acclaimed
  • accounted
  • accredited
  • accustomed
  • acknowledged
  • acquiesced
  • actual
  • adopted
  • advocated
  • agreed
  • allowed
  • applauded
  • approved
  • arrived at
  • assented
  • assumed
  • authorized
  • backed
  • believed
  • bided
  • bode
  • bore
  • bought
  • brooked
  • capitulated
  • card-carrying
  • ceremonial
  • ceremonious
  • certified
  • championed
  • chosen
  • commended
  • concluded
  • confirmed
  • consented
  • conventional
  • correct
  • countenanced
  • credited
  • current
  • customary
  • decorous
  • deduced
  • demonstrable
  • embraced
  • empiric
  • empirical
  • endorsed
  • endured
  • enjoyed
  • espoused
  • established
  • existential
  • experiential
  • experimental
  • factual
  • fashionable
  • favored
  • formal
  • formalistic
  • genteel
  • genuine
  • hacked
  • had
  • handled
  • hard
  • held with
  • in vogue
  • indisputable
  • indorsed
  • inferred
  • kosher
  • lauded
  • legit
  • liked
  • lived with
  • material
  • met
  • methodic
  • methodical
  • nice
  • normal
  • objective
  • observational
  • official
  • okayed
  • orderly
  • orthodox
  • passed
  • permitted
  • pocketed
  • polite
  • popular
  • praised
  • preferred
  • presumed
  • proper
  • provable
  • ratified
  • reaccepted
  • real
  • reassumed
  • received
  • recognized
  • recommended
  • regular
  • respectable
  • respected
  • ritual
  • ritualistic
  • routine
  • saluted
  • sanctioned
  • seemly
  • set store by
  • set store on
  • shouldered
  • standard
  • stomached
  • stood
  • stood by
  • stood for
  • straight
  • stuck out
  • suffered
  • supported
  • supposed
  • sustained
  • swallowed
  • sweat out
  • sweated out
  • systematic
  • time-honored
  • tolerated
  • took
  • took kindly to
  • took over
  • took up
  • toughed it out
  • touted
  • tried
  • tried-and-true
  • trusted
  • undeniable
  • understood
  • undertook
  • universal
  • unopposed
  • upheld
  • usual
  • verifiable
  • warranted
  • welcomed
  • went
  • went for
  • wore

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