appreciative

ap·pre·cia·tive

adjective \ə-ˈprē-shə-tiv, -ˈpri- also -ˈprē-shē-ˌā-\

Definition of APPRECIATIVE

: having or showing appreciation <an appreciative audience> <was appreciative of his good luck>

— ap·pre·cia·tive·ly adverb

— ap·pre·cia·tive·ness noun

Examples of APPRECIATIVE

1. <his latest novel has received a number of appreciative reviews>
2. <very appreciative after we helped him change his flat tire>

First Known Use of APPRECIATIVE

circa 1698

Related to APPRECIATIVE

Synonyms

admiring, applauding, favorable, approbatory, approving, commendatory, complimentary, friendly, good, positive

Antonyms

adverse, depreciative, depreciatory, derogatory, disapproving, inappreciative, negative, unappreciative, uncomplimentary, unfavorable, unflattering, unfriendly

Related Words

accepting, warm; encomiastic, eulogistic, flattering, hagiographic (also hagiographical), laudative, laudatory, panegyrical, praiseful; respectful, supportive, sympathetic; adoring, adulatory, idolizing, worshipful, worshipping (also worshiping); advisory, recommendatory

Near Antonyms

captious, carping, caviling (or cavilling), censuring, critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical; belittling, contemptuous, disdainful, disparaging, scornful, slighting

Rhymes with APPRECIATIVE

accelerative, accumulative, administrative, alliterative, assimilative, associative, authoritative, collaborative, commemorative, communicative, cooperative, corroborative, deliberative, determinative, illuminative, investigative, multiplicative, originative, recuperative, regenerative