Synonyms for recognition
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Respect
respect, perception, sense, knowledge, notice, cognizance, cognisance UK
2. Acknowledgement
acknowledgement UK, acknowledgment US, avowal, confession
Other
identification, credit, realization UK US, realisation UK, big name, recollection
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).
He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.
- n. 2
Acceptance as valid or true.
The law was a recognition of their civil rights.
Related words
- Word family
- recognitive recognitory
- Phrases
- speech recognition voice recognition
Forms
- Plural
- recognitions → respects, perceptions, senses, knowledges…
Example sentences
- respect Respect of the young for the old is quite natural.
- perception Generous behavior reduces the perception of pain.
- acknowledgement This is a small acknowledgement of your kindness.
- avowal No avowal of guilt left his lips that night.
- identification Don't travel without some form of identification.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| recognition | steady | |
| respect | falling | |
| perception | rising | |
| acknowledgement | rising | |
| avowal | steady | |
| identification | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- sense1
- 6 letters
- credit2, notice2, avowal
- 7 letters
- respect2
- 9 letters
- knowledge2
- 10 letters
- perception3, confession3, cognizance3, cognisance
- 11 letters
- realization4, realisation4
- 12 letters
- recollection4
- 14 letters
- identification6, acknowledgment4
- 15 letters
- acknowledgement4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (credit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- reconnaissance
- Italiano
- riconoscimento
- Español
- reconocimiento
- Deutsch
- Anerkennung
- Català
- reconeixença