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 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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After Klee announced his death on July 25, tributes flowed on social media for the little dog whose cancer diagnosis was revealed in May.

— Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
But, really, that’s what makes JRAD stand out from the very crowded field of Dead tributes out there.

— Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026

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The driver chose to follow deputies back to the Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office, where citations were issued, bond was posted, and the driver was released.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Vehicles that violate the ordinance may receive citations or be towed at the owner’s expense.

— Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026

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The response has poured in through a parade of international accolades and enduring global success.

— Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Davido has lived his entire adult life in public, and has weathered celebration, scrutiny, controversy, warranted criticism, deserved accolades, and unimaginable loss under a microscope.

— Ivie Ani, VIBE.com, 30 July 2026

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