Definition for Applaud:

• express approval of; " I applaud your efforts"

Synonyms for Applaud:

• n.

  •
  • congratulate.
  •
  • grunt,
  • root,
  • groan,
  • hiss,
  • cheer.
  •
  • laud.
  •applaud (noun)
  • spat,
  • clap.

• v.

  •communication (verb)
  • acclaim,
  • clap,
  • spat.
  •praise (verb)
  • approve,
  • endorse,
  • flatter,
  • compliment,
  • dignify,
  • glorify,
  • admire,
  • extol,
  • sanction,
  • praise,
  • eulogize,
  • commend,
  • acclaim,
  • recommend,
  • exalt.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tut-tut,
  • encourage,
  • groan,
  • aggrandize.
  •
  • appreciate,
  • grunt,
  • Tut.
  •
  • laud.
  •
  • cheer.
  •praise
  • sing the praises.
  •Other relevant words:
  • boost,
  • elevate,
  • pay homage to,
  • salute,
  • adoration,
  • bless,
  • yell,
  • nod,
  • commendation,
  • acclaim,
  • amuse,
  • assent,
  • esteem,
  • gladden,
  • Belaud,
  • love,
  • Tut,
  • laugh at,
  • console,
  • panegyric,
  • support,
  • hurray,
  • uplift,
  • agree with,
  • swell,
  • sanctify,
  • huzzah,
  • tribute,
  • be delighted,
  • encomium,
  • In Toto,
  • deify,
  • clap,
  • worship,
  • give ovation,
  • plaudit,
  • boast,
  • respectable,
  • welcome,
  • idolize,
  • shout,
  • kudize,
  • accede,
  • vote for,
  • revere,
  • approbation,
  • lionize,
  • spawn,
  • laud,
  • ennoble,
  • herald,
  • root for,
  • yes,
  • commit,
  • enjoy,
  • blessing,
  • eulogise,
  • cry,
  • adore,
  • ratify,
  • tut-tut,
  • sing the praises,
  • Bepraise,
  • honour,
  • appreciate,
  • make much of,
  • encourage,
  • idealize,
  • applause,
  • venerate,
  • puff,
  • sing praises to,
  • wassail,
  • receive,
  • rave,
  • hear it for,
  • take kindly to,
  • speak well of,
  • rejoice,
  • inspirit,
  • Panegyrize,
  • look up to,
  • felicitate,
  • acknowledge,
  • speak highly of,
  • crack-up,
  • spat,
  • dwell on,
  • gesticulate,
  • aggrandize,
  • agree,
  • accept,
  • consent,
  • pay tribute to,
  • allow,
  • hurrah,
  • engender,
  • subscribe to,
  • acquiesce in,
  • celebrate,
  • buy,
  • roar,
  • hearten,
  • grunt,
  • eulogy,
  • abide by,
  • magnify,
  • cry up,
  • apotheosize,
  • plug,
  • give a hand,
  • agree to,
  • give the nod,
  • honor,
  • comply,
  • hold with,
  • cheer on,
  • adopt,
  • hooray,
  • congratulate,
  • wonder,
  • encore,
  • root,
  • glorification,
  • canonize,
  • confide,
  • acquiesce,
  • cheer,
  • groan,
  • hail,
  • countenance.

Antonyms for Applaud:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    belittle, blame, blast, boo, castigate, censure, chide, condemn, criticise, criticize, decrease, decry, denounce, deprecate, depress, deride, disapprove, discourage, disparage, dissuade, excoriate, hiss, knock, lambast, lambaste, pan, rebuke, refuse, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, ridicule, skewer, slag, slam, tear into, vilify, Discommend, Keelhaul, run down, diss, put down, keep silent, lambast(e), slag (off).

• v.

  • communication
    boo.
  • Other antonyms:
    contemn, dislike, criticize, reproach, abominate, admonish, reprove, reprimand, despise, detest, skewer, Discommend, reprobate, disparage, pan, censure, hate, excoriate, vilify, slam, knock, ridicule, abhor, slag, blame, lambaste, scorn, rebuke, belittle, boo, castigate, chide, reprehend, execrate, hiss.