Synonyms for encomium
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Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
Forms
- Plural
- encomiums → panegyrics, praises, eulogies, paeans…
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The word encomium is used of both persons and things which are the result of human action, and denotes warm praise.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- praise Why do you get embarrassed when people praise you?
- eulogy What's the difference between an elegy and a eulogy?
- paean This is a precise and poetic paean to the peregrine.
- panegyric The art review sounded more like a panegyric than a neutral assessment.
By length
- 4 letters
- pean
- 5 letters
- paean2
- 6 letters
- praise1, eulogy3
- 7 letters
- tribute2, plaudit2
- 8 letters
- applause2
- 9 letters
- panegyric, laudation
- 10 letters
- compliment3
- 11 letters
- approbation4
- 12 letters
- commendation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (paean2 = 2 syllables).