All commend synonyms

verb commend

• recommend — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
• applaud — When a group of people applaud, they clap their hands in order to show approval, for example when they have enjoyed a play or concert.
• hail — to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
• laud — to praise; extol.
• approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
• compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
• confer — When you confer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people confer.
• acclaim — If someone or something is acclaimed, they are praised enthusiastically.
• support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
• advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
• countenance — If someone will not countenance something, they do not agree with it and will not allow it to happen.
• stroke — a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and his/her attorney must appear in court.
• build — If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
• sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
• boost — If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
• accredit — If an educational qualification or institution is accredited, it is officially declared to be of an approved standard.
• relegate — to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service.
• confide — If you confide in someone, you tell them a secret.
• deliver — If you deliver something somewhere, you take it there.
• resign — to give up an office or position, often formally (often followed by from): to resign from the presidency.
• consign — To consign something or someone to a place where they will be forgotten about, or to an unpleasant situation or place, means to put them there.
• yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
• proffer — to put before a person for acceptance; offer.
• tender — soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
• commit — If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
• trust — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
• assign — If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do.
• build up — If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
• pat on the back — to strike lightly or gently with something flat, as with a paddle or the palm of the hand, usually in order to flatten, smooth, or shape: to pat dough into flat pastry forms.
• gold star — a gold-colored star displayed, as on a service flag, to indicate that a member of one's family, organization, or the like, was killed in war as a member of the armed forces.
• hand it to — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
• turn over — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
• mention — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
• convey — To convey information or feelings means to cause them to be known or understood by someone.
• hand over — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
• give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.