Synonyms for congratulation
Most common
praise congratulating felicitation
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of congratulating.
a short speech of congratulation
Forms
- Plural
- congratulations → congratulatings, praises, felicitations, gratulations…
Example sentences
- praise Why do you get embarrassed when people praise you?
- congratulating People have been congratulating me all day.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| congratulation | falling | |
| praise | rising | |
| congratulating | steady | |
| felicitation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- praise1
- 11 letters
- gratulation
- 12 letters
- felicitation
- 14 letters
- congratulating5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (congratulating5 = 5 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- félicitation
- Italiano
- congratulazione
- Español
- enhorabuena
- Deutsch
- Gratulation