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appreciative

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of appreciative

1 expressing approval

his latest novel has received a number of appreciative reviews

Synonyms of appreciative

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

Words Related to appreciative

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 of appreciative

captious, carping, caviling (or cavilling), censuring, critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical

belittling, contemptuous, disdainful, disparaging, scornful, slighting

Antonyms of appreciative

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

2 feeling or expressing gratitude

very appreciative after we helped him change his flat tire

Synonyms of appreciative

appreciatory, glad, grateful, obliged, thankful

Words Related to appreciative

beholden, indebted

contented, delighted, gratified, pleased, satisfied, tickled

Near Antonyms of appreciative

inhospitable, rude, thoughtless, ungracious

Antonyms of appreciative

inappreciative, thankless, unappreciative, ungrateful

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