Synonyms for congratulate
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Compliment — to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Definitions
- v. 1
To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
We must congratulate Dave and Lisa on getting married.
- v. 2
To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
I congratulated myself on the success of my plan.
Related words
- Word family
- congratulant congratulating congratulative congratulator congratulatory congratulation congratulations
Forms
- Past participle
- congratulated
e.g. congratulated → complimented, felicitated, prided, plumed…
Example sentences
- compliment Mary wasn't sure how to respond to his compliment.
- pride Italians take pride in their dress and appearance.
- plume There was a plume of smoke coming from the shack.
- preen A duck will preen its feathers many times over the course of the day.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| congratulate | falling | |
| compliment | rising | |
| felicitate | falling | |
| pride | rising | |
| plume | steady | |
| preen | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- pride1, plume1, preen1
- 9 letters
- gratulate
- 10 letters
- compliment3, felicitate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (compliment3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- féliciter
- Español
- felicitar
- Deutsch
- beglückwünschen
- Català
- felicitar