Synonyms of hailing

hailing

verb

present participle of hail

1

as in praising

to declare enthusiastic approval of

the museum director hailed the artist's new installation as a groundbreaking work of genius

Synonyms & Similar Words

• praising
• applauding
• acclaiming
• commending
• lauding
• saluting
• cheering
• touting
• endorsing
• accrediting
• cracking up
• approving
• clapping
• celebrating
• rising (to)
• recommending
• doffing one's cap to
• favoring
• extolling
• indorsing
• doffing one's hat to
• ballyhooing
• eulogizing
• supporting
• singing
• emblazoning
• rooting (for)
• flattering
• glorifying
• magnifying
• idolizing
• bravoing
• deifying
• adulating
• belauding
• overpraising

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• knocking
• slamming
• panning
• disparaging
• belittling
• blaming
• criticizing
• putting down
• censuring
• chiding
• admonishing
• rebuking
• reproaching
• reprobating
• reprimanding
• castigating
• reproving
• lambasting
• excoriating
• vilifying
• discommending
• reprehending
• skewering
• slagging
• keelhauling

2

as in summoning

to demand or request the presence or service of

let's hail a taxi

hailed the waiter for the check

Synonyms & Similar Words

• summoning
• calling
• asking
• inviting
• requesting
• sending for
• citing
• ordering
• assembling
• invoking
• beckoning
• convening
• ringing
• demanding
• calling out
• mustering
• calling up
• bidding
• whistling
• commanding
• subpoenaing
• convoking
• buzzing
• requisitioning
• knelling
• paging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissing
• sending (away)
• turning away
• banishing
• ejecting
• expelling
• routing
• ousting
• casting out
• outing
• running off
• drumming (out)
• throwing out
• kicking out
• booting (out)
• turfing (out)