Synonyms of approving

approving 1 of 2

adjective

ə-ˈprü-viŋ 

as in favorable

expressing approval

the play did not receive a single approving notice

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

approving

2 of 2

verb

present participle of approve

as in ratifying

to give official acceptance of as satisfactory

as soon as the pond project was approved, the bulldozers were at the site

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ratifying
• confirming
• finalizing
• authorizing
• endorsing
• accepting
• sanctioning
• acknowledging
• signing
• formalizing
• okaying
• accrediting
• warranting
• affirming
• clearing
• approbating
• homologating
• validating
• indorsing
• certifying
• initialing
• permitting
• blessing
• passing
• enabling
• OK'ing
• allowing
• initialling
• legalizing
• sanctifying
• licensing
• canonizing
• rubber-stamping
• signing off (on)
• licencing
• reapproving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• rejecting
• disapproving
• prohibiting
• declining
• vetoing
• disallowing
• forbidding
• banning
• turning down
• proscribing
• enjoining
• ignoring
• negativing
• interdicting
• disregarding
• refusing
• neglecting
• overlooking
• illegalizing
• rebutting
• spurning
• rebuffing

Examples of approving in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

At the meeting, the city council also passed two ordinances to more tightly regulate the use of city vehicles and create a procedure for soliciting, obtaining and approving bids worth more than $20,000. —Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 28 Mar. 2024

But not all shareholders appeared to be in an approving mood. —Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024

Signing to Island, landing a Mercury Prize nomination, and receiving approving comments from Hayley Williams, Fugazi, and Beck himself might make a band feel over-stimulated—or over-hyped. —Jenessa Williams, Pitchfork, 14 Feb. 2024

However, older Democrats were more approving than younger Democrats. —Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2023