Synonyms of compliments

compliments 1 of 2

noun

plural of compliment

as in congratulations

best wishes

please extend our compliments to the chef for a great meal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• congratulations
• regards
• respects
• commendations
• praise
• greetings
• blessing
• felicitations
• approval
• commendation
• acknowledgment
• endorsement
• flattery
• benediction
• adulation
• citation
• well-wishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• insult
• taunt
• gibe
• dig
• put-down

compliments

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of compliment

as in congratulates

to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune

complimented her on her election victory

Synonyms & Similar Words

• congratulates
• hugs
• cheers
• commends
• applauds
• praises
• salutes
• felicitates
• hails
• extols
• lauds
• glorifies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimizes
• diminishes
• discounts
• disparages
• belittles
• depreciates
• deprecates
• decries
• writes off
• puts down
• taunts
• ridicules
• teases
• mocks
• bad-mouths
• cries down
• jeers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of compliments

Noun

Got thoughts, questions, ideas, concerns, compliments or maybe even some recs for me? —Brian Truitt, USA Today, 19 June 2026

No pair in my closet receives more compliments or more recommendations from me than the Vivaia Yanka Sneakerina Ballet Flats. —Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2026

In this Fire sign, Venus wants the grand gestures and all the compliments. —Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026

The pattern in person is such an amazing statement piece and constantly receives compliments. —Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 17 June 2026

Ruud van Nistelrooy keeps a close eye on the internationals, who eventually receive compliments. —Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026

Others added their own tweaks and compliments. —Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 11 June 2026

Just prepare for the compliments to roll in. —Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 9 June 2026

This full-moon experience is designed to calm and restore, compliments of the night sky. —Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 9 June 2026

Verb

It's played as a moment of jealousy when his father compliments Tony, but some fans aren't so quick to view it as unintentional. —Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026

Creepy compliments his acrid smell with an air of invincibility. —Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 30 May 2026

Thyme naturally has a lemony undertone that compliments the fresh lemon in these shortbread cookies perfectly. —Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026

But putting all that effort toward something that’s not real weighs on him, and Isaac’s taut encapsulation of misery compliments a series that feeds on tension. —Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026

Her capriciousness leads her into an affair with a frustrated professor, Mark (Michael Angarano), who compliments her writing and composes pretentious, backhandedly insulting poems about their not-quite-love. —Judy Berman, Time, 15 Apr. 2026

Awkwardly, the first joke Val compliments them on turns out to have been written by Al, short for Al Assist. —Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026

After the reception, fueled by joints and beers and many glasses of Irish whisky, the two strangers stay up late into the night trading stories about their lives, advice about each other’s work, compliments about each other’s talent. —Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026

Palkhiwala compliments me on my watch, which only does one thing. —Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026