Valedictory Synonyms and Antonyms

vălĭ-dĭktə-rē
Of, done, given, or said on departing
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. parting
  2. departing
  3. final
  4. farewell
  5. good-bye
  6. terminal
  7. adieu
Antonyms:
  1. welcoming
A farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. valediction
  2. valedictory-address
  3. valedictory oration

Words Related to Valedictory

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. last
  2. approach
  3. eulogy
  4. harveian

Valedictory Sentence Examples

  • At graduation he delivered the valedictory address for his class.

  • His valedictory thesis at the Ecole des Chartes, Serie chronologique des gardiens et seigneurs des Iles Normandes (1876), was a definitive work and but slightly affected by later research.

  • At the Ecole des Chartes, where his career was remarkably brilliant, his valedictory thesis was an Essai sur les revenus publics en Normandie au XII' siècle (1849), and it was to the history of his native province that he devoted his early works.

  • I looked at the valedictory speeches of Heads of two or three other schools and worried they seemed lengthy.

  • Professor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd will deliver a valedictory lecture, entitled Is there a future for ancient science?

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