Synonyms of extols

extols

verb

variants also extolls

present tense third-person singular of extol

as in celebrates

to proclaim the glory of

campaign literature extolling the candidate's military record

Synonyms & Similar Words

• celebrates
• praises
• blesses
• lauds
• exalts
• worships
• hymns
• applauds
• resounds
• salutes
• commends
• emblazons
• glorifies
• hails
• magnifies
• cites
• idolizes
• cheers
• carols
• rhapsodizes
• eulogizes
• compliments
• acclaims
• recommends
• deifies
• chants
• adores
• touts
• flatters
• belauds
• renowns
• cracks up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blames
• criticizes
• censures
• reproves
• admonishes
• chides
• rebukes
• reprobates
• reprehends
• reproaches
• castigates
• reprimands
• lambastes
• keelhauls

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of extols

Unused Electronics Pope extols the virtues of clearing your house of all useless electronics. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 16 Sep. 2026

Part of the success of the Dunwoody clinic stems from its presence on social media, where its co-founder extols therapies and treatments outside the realm of mainstream medicine. — Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 8 June 2026

Every wartime president extols the nation’s virtues. — Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026

Genetically Mediterranean, the ancient Greeks generally had darker hair and skin than the fair, blue-eyed Brad Pitt, who played Achilles in 2004’s Troy—a film that Musk extols. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 2 June 2026

Banks extols the virtues of eavesdropping. — Sarah Rodman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026

The Iberian nation has taken in millions of people from Latin America and Africa in recent years, and the leftist Sánchez regularly extols the financial and social benefits that immigrants who legally come to Spain bring to the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy. — Suman Naishadham, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2025

In an era when the latest hot-off-the-press titles trend on social media, one writer extols the underrated pleasure of reading secondhand books shared by neighbors. — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2025

There’s a wonderful chapter in which an older woman extolls a younger one to tell a painful story not with words, but with movements, so as to expel her pain without enlisting narrative’s power to summon, and thus force a re-living, of painful events. — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025