acclaim

to declare enthusiastic approval of she has long been acclaimed by the critics for her realistic acting Synonyms accredit, applaud, cheer, crack up, hail, laud, praise, salute, tout Related Words bravo, clap, rise (to); ballyhoo; approve, commend, endorse (also indorse), favor, recommend, root (for), support; celebrate, emblazon, eulogize, extol (also extoll), glorify, magnify, sing; adulate, belaud, flatter, overpraise; deify, idolize Phrases doff one's hat to (or doff one's cap to) Near Antonyms belittle, discommend, disparage, put down; blame, censure, reprehend, reprobate; admonish, chide, criticize, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove; castigate, excoriate, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), skewer, slag [chiefly British], vilify Antonyms knock, pan, slam