Synonyms for recommend
Definitions
- v. 1
To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
- v. 2
To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
A city that has much to recommend it.
Related words
- Word family
- recommended recommendation
Forms
- Past participle
- recommended
e.g. recommended → suggested, advised, proposed, moved…
Example sentences
- suggest I suggest you wait until Tom tells you what to do.
- urge Try to resist the urge to pick your nose, darling.
- advise Please advise me of the date for the next meeting.
- propose I should propose to her, but I know I'll get a no.
- approve I approve of everything that you did, except this.
- commend I have to commend you for your dedication to the cause.
By length
- 4 letters
- move1, urge1
- 6 letters
- praise1, advise2, prompt1, exhort2
- 7 letters
- suggest2, approve2, propose2, applaud2, commend2
- 8 letters
- advocate3
- 9 letters
- prescribe2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (advise2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- recommander
- Italiano
- raccomandare
- Deutsch
- empfehlen
- Català
- recomanar