as in favorable
expressing approval
the candidate's views on taxes received overwhelmingly approbatory nods from the conservative audience
Synonyms & Similar Words
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Antonyms & Near Antonyms
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approbatory
Adjective
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Conditions are favorable for the development of weak, brief funnel clouds.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025 -
Its surveys vary in their findings across time and can be either favorable or unfavorable to the government.—
Nina Khrushcheva,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Dart and the Giants will look to build off this positive momentum in a Week 5 matchup against the New Orleans Saints next Sunday.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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Markets in Europe also ended Friday in positive territory.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Kerzka and the others did their best to comfort them, to bandage small wounds; the most critically injured were already at the hospital.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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But in one of his best performances in an Arsenal shirt so far, Zubimendi quickly went about making a difference.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Approbatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approbatory. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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