Synonyms of the word applaud


APPLAUDACCLAIM - CLAP - GESTICULATE - GESTURE - MOTION - PRAISE - SPAT

applaud

  • n. (obsolete) Applause; applauding.
  • n. (obsolete) Plaudit.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To praise, or express approval for something or someone.

acclaim

  • v. (archaic, transitive) To shout; to call out.
  • v. (intransitive) To shout approval; to express great approval.
  • v. (transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To claim.
  • v. (transitive) To declare by acclamations.
  • v. (Canada, politics) To elect to an office by having no opposition.
  • n. (poetic) An acclamation; a shout of applause.
  • n. (obsolete) A claim.

clap

  • n. The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
  • n. The explosive sound of thunder.
  • n. Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
  • n. A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
  • n. A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
  • n. (falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
  • n. (Yorkshire) A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground).
  • v. To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
  • v. To applaud.
  • v. To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
  • v. To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
  • v. To come together suddenly with noise.
  • v. To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
  • v. To set or put, usually in haste.
  • v. (slang, African American Vernacular) To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
  • n. (slang, with "the") Gonorrhea.

gesticulate

  • v. (intransitive) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.
  • v. (transitive) To say or express through gestures.

gesture

  • n. A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
  • n. An act or a remark made as a formality or as a sign of attitude.
  • n. (obsolete) The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a gesture or gestures.
  • v. (transitive) To express something by a gesture or gestures.
  • v. (transitive) To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action.

motion

  • n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
  • n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
  • n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
  • n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
  • n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
  • n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
  • n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
  • n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
  • n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
  • n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
  • n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
  • v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
  • v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
  • v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

praise

  • n. commendation; favourable representation in words.
  • n. worship.
  • v. To give praise to.

spat

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of spit.
  • n. The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
  • n. A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.
  • n. A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
  • n. (automotive) (UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a…
  • n. a brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
  • v. to quarrel or argue briefly.
  • n. A light blow with something flat.
  • v. (transitive and intransitive) To strike with a spattering sound.
  • v. (US, dialect) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
  • n. An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.

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