Definition for Recognition:

• Ratification; confirmation ; an acknowledgment that something done by another person in one's name had one's authority. An inquiry conducted by a chosen body of men, not sitting as part of the court, into the facts in dispute in a case at law; these " recognitors" preceded the jurymen of mod- ern times, and reported their recognition or verdict to the court Stim. Law Gloss.

Synonyms for Recognition:

• n.

  •
  • common ground,
  • alliance,
  • recall,
  • contract,
  • recollection,
  • deal,
  • unanimity,
  • verifying,
  • Perceiving,
  • accord,
  • bargain,
  • remembering,
  • Noticing,
  • consensus.
  •
  • greeting,
  • ally,
  • the Geneva Convention,
  • verification,
  • entente,
  • bilateral,
  • renown,
  • axis,
  • honor,
  • accession,
  • convention,
  • notice.
  •
  • compliment,
  • acclaim,
  • a pat on the back.
  •
  • discover,
  • discern,
  • observe,
  • tell,
  • recognize,
  • pick out,
  • spot,
  • detect,
  • identify.
  •acceptance (noun)
  • co operation,
  • accedences,
  • re cognitions,
  • acceptings,
  • under takings,
  • re-cognitions,
  • re-cognition,
  • re cognition,
  • seal approval,
  • receivings,
  • taking ons,
  • under-takings,
  • under taking,
  • under-taking,
  • goahead,
  • co operations,
  • acquirings.
  •acclaim (noun)
  • eulogizings,
  • clappings,
  • pat head,
  • strokings,
  • pat the head,
  • pat the back,
  • pumping ups,
  • cheerings,
  • pat back.
  •acknowledgement (noun)
  • acknowledgement.
  •acknowledgment (noun)
  • acknowledgment,
  • admittings,
  • allowings,
  • all owing,
  • yieldings,
  • concedings,
  • all-owing,
  • asservations.
  •act (noun)
  • recognition.
  •admiration (noun)
  • de lights,
  • valuings,
  • de-lights,
  • re-gard,
  • re gards,
  • de-light,
  • prizings,
  • de light,
  • re gard,
  • marvelings.
  •advantage (noun)
  • legups,
  • pre valence,
  • pre-valences,
  • pro fits,
  • leg ups,
  • legup,
  • leg-ups,
  • Re-turn,
  • re turns,
  • pro-fit,
  • re sources,
  • re turn,
  • pro-fits,
  • pre-valence,
  • re-source,
  • pre eminences,
  • pre valences,
  • pro fit,
  • re-sources,
  • re-turns,
  • pre-eminences,
  • re source.
  •agreement (noun)
  • lease,
  • piece of paper,
  • the nod,
  • indenture.
  •appreciation (noun)
  • high regards,
  • aesthetic senses,
  • responsivenessses.
  •appreciation given (noun)
  • credit,
  • puff,
  • approval,
  • plum,
  • puffing up,
  • Strokes.
  •ascription (noun)
  • adscriptions.
  •attention (noun)
  • tender loving care,
  • looking after,
  • ministration,
  • big rush,
  • ministrations.
  •attribution (noun)
  • ascription.
  •awareness (noun)
  • bodhis,
  • in-formation,
  • alivenesses,
  • in formations,
  • sentiences,
  • in-formations.
  •celebration (noun)
  • Festivals,
  • jubilation,
  • jollifications,
  • wingding,
  • Festivities,
  • memorialization,
  • wingdings,
  • jubilee,
  • jubilees,
  • jollification,
  • solemnization,
  • merriments.
  •cognizance/cognition (noun)
  • in-sight,
  • in sights,
  • in-sights.
  •commemoration (noun)
  • memorial services,
  • monumentalizations.
  •confirmation (noun)
  • affirmings,
  • authenticatings,
  • sanctionings,
  • authorizings,
  • validatings,
  • supportings,
  • corroboratings,
  • stamp approval.
  •diploma (noun)
  • shingle,
  • shingles,
  • sheepskins,
  • sheepskin.
  •discovery (noun)
  • deduction,
  • determination,
  • solution,
  • espial,
  • unmasking,
  • disclosure,
  • apocalypse,
  • manifestation,
  • detection,
  • exposure,
  • breakthrough,
  • discovery,
  • unraveling,
  • revelation,
  • acquisition.
  •déja vu (noun)
  • pastlife experience,
  • pastlife experiences,
  • past-life experiences,
  • re-calls,
  • re calls,
  • re-call,
  • past life experiences.
  •déjà vu (noun)
  • past life experience.
  •empathy (noun)
  • community interest,
  • picking upon,
  • cottoning tos,
  • picking up ons,
  • picking ons,
  • community interests,
  • hitting it offs,
  • being same wavelength,
  • hitting offs,
  • good vibration.
  •fame (noun)
  • public esteems,
  • re nown,
  • re-nown,
  • pre eminence.
  •gratitude (noun)
  • appreciativeness,
  • sense of obligation.
  •honor (noun)
  • high standings,
  • source pride,
  • deifications,
  • lionizations,
  • immortalizations.
  •identification (noun)
  • letter introduction,
  • dog tags,
  • catalogings,
  • classifyings,
  • letter recommendation,
  • identity bracelets.
  •identification, acknowledgment (noun)
  • concession,
  • sensibility,
  • high sign,
  • identifying,
  • confession,
  • recognizance,
  • assimilation,
  • double take,
  • Apprehending,
  • avowal,
  • consciousness,
  • salute,
  • recalling,
  • Acknowledging,
  • apperception,
  • recurrence,
  • allowance,
  • tumble.
  •perception (noun)
  • big ideas,
  • brain waves.
  •permission (noun)
  • condonances,
  • empowerments,
  • pro-mise,
  • pro mise,
  • sufferances,
  • sanctifications,
  • pro mises,
  • pro-mises.
  •praise (noun)
  • bravo,
  • bravos,
  • Bravoes,
  • approbation,
  • sycophancy,
  • Laudation,
  • sycophancies,
  • big hand,
  • magnification,
  • panegyrics,
  • good word.
  •preferment (noun)
  • preferment.
  •realisation (noun)
  • realisation.
  •reception (noun)
  • Recipience.
  •remark (noun)
  • ex plication,
  • ex planation,
  • ex-position,
  • ex-plication,
  • ex-positions,
  • ex-plications,
  • re marks,
  • re-marks,
  • ex plications,
  • bons mots,
  • ex planations,
  • re mark,
  • two cents' worths,
  • ex-planations.
  •remembrance (noun)
  • hind sights,
  • re construction,
  • hind sight,
  • retro spect,
  • hind-sight,
  • re-construction,
  • after thoughts,
  • retro-spect,
  • hind-sights,
  • retro spects,
  • after-thoughts,
  • re-constructions,
  • re constructions,
  • retro-spects,
  • After-thought.
  •sense (noun)
  • clearheadedness,
  • sense,
  • clear-headedness.
  •thanks (noun)
  • gramercies,
  • thank you notes.
  •trump (noun)
  • ace hole,
  • ace the hole.
  •understanding (noun)
  • under standing,
  • under-standings,
  • prehensions,
  • under-standing,
  • under standings.
  •vantage (noun)
  • vantage.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • commendation,
  • regard,
  • panegyric,
  • accolade,
  • eulogy,
  • affirmation,
  • homage,
  • adulation,
  • brownie points,
  • rave,
  • personality cult,
  • backslapping,
  • shoutout,
  • flattery,
  • cheer,
  • kudos,
  • recommendation,
  • congratulation,
  • acclamation,
  • rave review,
  • paean,
  • encomium,
  • encouragement,
  • honorable mention,
  • glory.
  •
  • full marks.
  •consciousness
  • awareness.
  •publicity
  • limelight.

Paraphrases for Recognition:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    acknowledgment, acknowledgments, recognized, acknowledgement, acknowledgements.
  • Noun, plural
    acknowledgement, acknowledgements.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    acknowledgment, recognized, acknowledgement.
  • Verb, past participle
    acknowledgement.
  • Verb, base form
    acknowledgement.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    cognition.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    identifications.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    commemoration.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    articles, Appointments, identification, identifications, assess, Ais, Acknowledging, acknowledged.
  • Noun, plural
    relationships, Rewards, Occupations, probes, discussions, participants, facts, Incentives, Surveys, types, articles.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    realization, identification, detection, recognisability, respect, reward, renown, attention, Admitting, Acknowledging, scout, insight, revelation, proclamation, discretion, satisfaction, concession, rewarding, assertion, acceptability, Crediting, status, observance, realise, attestation, importance, regard, reason.
  • Verb, past tense
    Commended, conceded, confessed, Pleaded.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Appreciating, scouting, assigning, detecting, upholding, scanning, rewarding.
  • Verb, past participle
    appreciated, credited, compensated, conceded, confessed.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    recognises, accepts, identifies, brings, sees.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    reconnaissance, acknowledge, acceptance, appreciation, accreditation, certification, Certifications, awareness.
  • Noun, plural
    declarations, qualifications.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    reputation, consecration, acclaim, praise, realisation, reconnaissance, acknowledge, notoriety, enshrinement, admiration, acceptance, appreciation, knowledge, cognizance, dedication, reaffirmation, accreditation, esteem, Fame, comprehension, reckoning, certification, declaration, awareness.
  • Verb, past tense
    recognized, appreciation, acknowledged.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    appreciation, Admitting, Acknowledging, reckoning.
  • Verb, past participle
    recognized, acknowledged.
  • Verb, base form
    acknowledge, appreciation.

Antonyms for Recognition:

• n.

  • appreciation given
    disregard, ill repute, disapproval, neglect, disrespect.
  • identification, acknowledgment
    disagreement, miss, forgetfulness, abuse, dishonor, ignorance, repudiation, denial, disclaimer, refusal, disbelief.
  • Other antonyms:
    rudeness, unfamiliarity, misunderstanding, misapprehension, illiteracy, inexperience, misconception.

Recognition Sentence Examples:

• The man stared at me without recognition.

• When, at the doctor's wish, Annette spoke to him, he looked at her without recognition.

Homophones for Recognition:

• recondition, recommendation, regimentation, Rocky Mountain, richmondena, resignation, rogue nation, recantation, reexamination.

Hypernym for Recognition:

• n.

  • cognition
    speaker identification, identity, talker identification.

Hyponym for Recognition:

• n.

  • act
    assignment, designation, naming, appointment.
  • cognition
    credence, memory, remembering, acceptance.
  • communication
    diplomacy, diplomatic negotiations.
  • phenomenon
    organic phenomenon.