Synonyms of admiring

admiring 1 of 2

adjective

əd-ˈmī-riŋ 

as in favorable

expressing approval

the smartly dressed couple drew admiring glances

Synonyms & Similar Words

• favorable
• positive
• good
• appreciative
• approving
• applauding
• complimentary
• friendly
• commendatory
• accepting
• supportive
• warm
• approbatory
• adoring
• sympathetic
• flattering
• laudatory
• respectful
• praiseful
• eulogistic
• worshipping
• hagiographic
• worshipful
• panegyrical
• encomiastic
• adulatory
• laudative
• idolizing
• advisory
• recommendatory

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disapproving
• unfavorable
• adverse
• negative
• uncomplimentary
• unflattering
• unappreciative
• derogatory
• unfriendly
• depreciatory
• depreciative
• inappreciative
• critical
• captious
• hypercritical
• censuring
• disparaging
• overcritical
• scornful
• faultfinding
• contemptuous
• disdainful
• belittling
• carping
• slighting
• caviling

admiring

2 of 2

verb

present participle of admire

as in respecting

to think very highly or favorably of

I admire the way you handled such a touchy situation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• respecting
• regarding
• appreciating
• praising
• loving
• enjoying
• liking
• commending
• considering
• applauding
• esteeming
• complimenting
• venerating
• approving
• valuing
• revering
• acclaiming
• adoring
• relishing
• reverencing
• crediting
• savoring
• favoring
• idolizing
• worshipping
• fancying
• drinking (in)
• cherishing
• setting store by
• delighting (in)
• grooving (on)
• treasuring
• reveling (in)
• accrediting
• digging
• canonizing
• deifying
• doting (on)
• hallowing
• adulating
• prizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hating
• despising
• detesting
• abhorring
• loathing
• dismissing
• disregarding
• condemning
• disapproving
• disdaining
• deploring
• execrating
• disliking
• discounting
• decrying
• scorning
• abominating
• vilifying
• frowning (on or upon)
• disfavoring
• discountenancing
• kissing off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of admiring

Adjective

The show was so admiring of America’s foundation, everyone from Obama to several actual treasury secretaries to (infamously) Mike Pence, went to the show, demonstrative of a whole new audience for a musical. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026

Other Democratic strategists who know Mehlhorn were less admiring. — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026

Verb

Since most people don't share my enthusiasm for admiring brigade controls, Rolls-Royce has come up with a way to re-engineer the helm to tuck the gubbins away until needed again. — New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026

Listed by Wetzel and fellow Realtor Ingrid Williams for $899,000, curious travelers have been driving past the eye-catching estate for decades, admiring its unique and surprising presence among the expanses of nearby farmland. — Richard Lane, Des Moines Register, 21 Sep. 2026