Congratulate
Congratulate verb - To express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune.
Usage example: let me be the first to congratulate you on winning the award
Commend
Commend verb - To put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- admire and congratulate
- admire and commend
- honour and congratulate
- honour and commend
- pat on the back and congratulate
- pat on the back and commend
- hail and congratulate
- hail and commend
- salute and congratulate
- salute and commend
- approve and congratulate
- approve and commend
- praise and congratulate
- praise and commend
Common collocations
| author | congratulate author | commend author |
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