Synonyms of hailing

hailing

verb

present participle of hail

1

as in praising

to declare enthusiastic approval of

the museum director hailed the artist's new installation as a groundbreaking work of genius

Synonyms & Similar Words

• praising
• applauding
• acclaiming
• saluting
• commending
• lauding
• cheering
• touting
• endorsing
• accrediting
• cracking up
• clapping
• approving
• celebrating
• recommending
• rising (to)
• extolling
• favoring
• doffing one's hat to
• ballyhooing
• eulogizing
• supporting
• singing
• emblazoning
• rooting (for)
• flattering
• glorifying
• magnifying
• idolizing
• bravoing
• deifying
• adulating
• belauding
• overpraising

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• knocking
• slamming
• panning
• disparaging
• belittling
• blaming
• criticizing
• putting down
• censuring
• chiding
• admonishing
• rebuking
• reproaching
• reprobating
• reprimanding
• castigating
• reproving
• lambasting
• excoriating
• vilifying
• discommending
• reprehending
• skewering
• slagging
• keelhauling

2

as in summoning

to demand or request the presence or service of

let's hail a taxi

hailed the waiter for the check

Synonyms & Similar Words

• summoning
• calling
• asking
• inviting
• requesting
• sending for
• citing
• ordering
• assembling
• invoking
• beckoning
• convening
• ringing
• demanding
• calling out
• mustering
• calling up
• bidding
• whistling
• commanding
• subpoenaing
• convoking
• buzzing
• requisitioning
• knelling
• paging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissing
• sending (away)
• turning away
• banishing
• ejecting
• expelling
• routing
• ousting
• casting out
• outing
• running off
• drumming (out)
• throwing out
• kicking out
• booting (out)
• turfing (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hailing

The Pentagon’s Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability and its Joint All-Domain Command and Control networks run on the same commercial infrastructure that serves banks and ride-hailing apps. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026

Another up for vote would limit the number of riders that taxis and ride-hailing companies could take to, or from, the curb outside the airport’s busiest terminals. —Jason Henry, Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026

Deadguy were East Coast heroes, hailing from New Jersey. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026

The ride-hailing company didn’t respond to requests for comment on the size of its ridership and the number of active drivers. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026

As Cuba tells it, its border authorities intercepted a boat of heavily armed terrorists hailing from Florida who were hellbent on overthrowing the Cuban government. —Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026

Two weeks ago satellite radio giant SiriusXM picked up Kickback’s entire slate of shows, hailing it as one of the nation’s fastest-growing independent soccer voices. —Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026

Several of the firms issued statements Monday following the news the administration was dropping its appeal, hailing the move as a victory for free speech and the independence of the legal profession. —Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026

Nor will those celebrating on the streets of Tehran who are rightly hailing what looks to them like a very helpful blow in the direction of winning their own personal freedoms, although that group is by no means all of Iran’s 93 million people. —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026