ENCOMIUMS Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

encomiums

noun

variants also encomia

plural of encomium

as in tributes

a formal expression of praise the encomiums bestowed on a teacher at her retirement ceremonies

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Recent Examples of encomiums Advertisement The manosphere is drenched in blood-red carnivorous encomiums. — Michael Kimmel, Time, 15 Aug. 2026 In Italy, academics like Ettore Romagnoli organized an authoritarian spectacle to celebrate two millennia of Horace, the priest Vittorio Genovesi wrote encomiums to Italian imperial ambitions in Rome’s Mare Nostrum, and the Latinist Luigi Illuminati who penned an epic dedicated to Il Duce. — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026 Most of WristbandGuy’s, by contrast, were cheeky encomiums to the pleasures of jacking off with your friends. — Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

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Even in the face of all that pressure, the shows — which debuted the tour’s four revolving setlists — were wildly successful, with tributes to Peart helping one of rock’s most cerebral bands hit new heights of emotional impact.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2026
Kevin Keegan, a legend of both clubs, died last month and this game was always earmarked for special tributes.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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The new legislation followed a Hearst investigation that found that 10 school systems in the state were employing armed security guards who falsified traffic citations, failed to report deadly pursuits or engaged in racial misconduct.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
Dispute over rescue In two of the citations, Cal-OSHA accused the company of endangering an employee by allowing one of them to go into the backcountry during the rescue operation against a recommendation of local law enforcement.

— Tribune News Service, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

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Mensah has received numerous preseason accolades — he was voted the ACC’s preseason player of the year and is on multiple preseason watch lists for annual awards.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
His flagship restaurant in Oakland’s Temescal district, Burdell, has won a number of accolades – snagging first place in the San Francisco Chronicle’s Top 100 restaurants list for 2025 and also Food & Wine’s Restaurant of the Year for 2024.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

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