Synonyms of saluting

saluting

verb

present participle of salute

as in applauding

to declare enthusiastic approval of

I salute the idea of healthier lunch options for our students

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of saluting

Before saluting the judges, Rivera embraced her coach Anna Liukin for a long-winded hug. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Following Wednesday's funeral service, firefighters and residents lined roadways and overpasses, many saluting as police vehicles escorted a procession of five white hearses. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 July 2026

Somewhere in the heated mist hovered the howls of Albert Ayler and the clarion call of his brother Donald’s trumpet, followed by the Ornette Coleman Quartet, saluting him with joyous cacophony. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026

But his brief remarks saluting the fallen soldiers were quickly followed by his usual blustery insistence that the war was going well. — Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

Videos shared by the Grand Junction Fire Department (GJFD) showed the crowd saluting as a vehicle with Dale’s body passed by. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026

That's a dominating performance, and makes a $300 discount worth saluting. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026

Diana attended this event as a member of the Royal Family from 1981 to 1992, then saluting Queen Elizabeth II, without ever missing a single one. — Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026

The crowd booed loudly when TV cameras captured the politician saluting during the national anthem. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026