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Commendable synonyms

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laudable
Worthy of being lauded
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  1. Worthy of being lauded
  2. Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition.
  3. Deserving commendation; praiseworthy.
praiseworthy
Meriting praise; worthy of high praise
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  1. Meriting praise; worthy of high praise
  2. Meriting praise; highly commendable.
  3. Worthy of praise; laudable; commendable
deserving
Worthy, as of reward, praise, or aid.
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  1. Worthy, as of reward, praise, or aid.
  2. Worthy of reward or praise; meritorious
  3. Meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.)
admirable
Deserving admiration.
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  1. Deserving admiration.
  2. Inspiring or deserving admiration or praise; excellent; splendid
creditable
Worthy of belief:
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  1. Worthy of belief:
  2. (Obs.) Having good financial credit
  3. Deserving of often limited praise or commendation:
deserving
Worthy, as of reward, praise, or aid.
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  1. Worthy, as of reward, praise, or aid.
  2. Worthy of reward or praise; meritorious
  3. Meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.)
estimable
(Archaic) Valuable.
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  1. (Archaic) Valuable.
  2. Worthy of esteem; deserving to be respected or valued
  3. Worthy of esteem; admirable.
exemplary
Serving as a sample, instance, type, etc.; illustrative
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  1. Serving as a sample, instance, type, etc.; illustrative
  2. Worthy of imitation; commendable:
  3. Serving as a model or example; worth imitating
honorable
Distinguished; illustrious:
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  1. Distinguished; illustrious:
  2. Consistent with honor or good name:
  3. Worthy of being honored
laudable
Deserving commendation; praiseworthy.
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  1. Deserving commendation; praiseworthy.
  2. Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition.
  3. Worthy of being lauded
meritorious
Having merit; deserving reward, praise, etc.
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  1. Having merit; deserving reward, praise, etc.
praiseworthy
Meriting praise; worthy of high praise
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  1. Meriting praise; worthy of high praise
  2. Meriting praise; highly commendable.
  3. Worthy of praise; laudable; commendable
reputable
Regarded as proper usage; standard
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  1. Regarded as proper usage; standard
  2. Having a good reputation; honourable.
respectable
Conforming to socially acceptable behavior, attitudes, taste, etc.; proper; correct
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  1. Conforming to socially acceptable behavior, attitudes, taste, etc.; proper; correct
  2. Of moderately good quality:
  3. Worthy of respect or esteem; estimable
worthy
Honorable; admirable:
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  1. Honorable; admirable:
  2. Having enough worth or merit (for someone or something specified); meriting
  3. Having sufficient worth; deserving:
Find another word for commendable. In this page you can discover 21 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for commendable, like: laudable, worthy, praiseworthy, deserving, excellent, admirable, creditable, deserving, estimable, exemplary and honorable.

Sentence Examples

  • He is the author of some commendable verses.

  • The effort, while commendable, was not wholly suc­cessful.

  • But irreverences of this kind, as well as the frequent burlesque citations of the Bible, whether commendable or not, had been, were, have since been, and are common in writers whose orthodoxy is unquestioned; and it must be remembered that the later Middle Age, which in many respects Rabelais represents almost more than he does the Renaissance, was, with all its unquestioning faith, singularly reckless and, to our fancy, irreverent in its use of the sacred words and images, which were to it the most familiar of all images and words.

  • In 1727 they declared it to be " not a commendable or allowed " practice; in 1761 they excluded from their society all who should be found concerned in it, and issued appeals to their members and the public against the system.

  • Under the " new regime " the Turkish government displayed commendable energy in reconstructing and reorganizing the seapower of the empire.

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