Word Meanings - RECOMMENDATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of recommending. 2. That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations. 3. The state of being

Additional info about word: RECOMMENDATION

1. The act of recommending. 2. That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations. 3. The state of being recommended; esteem. The burying of the dead . . . hath always been had in an extraordinary recommendation amongst the ancient. Sir T. North.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RECOMMENDATION)

• Counsel
• Advice
• instruction
• monition
• admonition
• warning
• recommendation
• Relish
• Zest
• enhancement
• flavor
• savor
• gusto
• taste
• appetite
• piquancy
• sapidity
• Testimonial
• Credential
• monument
• Flavor
• appetizer
• gust
• pleasure
• enjoyment
• relish
• sharpener

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of RECOMMENDATION)

• Repudiate
• nauseate
• reject
• abominate
• loathe

Related words: (words related to RECOMMENDATION)

• ADVICE
  Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. Wharton. Advice boat, a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to reconnoiter; a dispatch boat. -- To take advice. To accept advice. To consult with another or others. Syn. -- Counsel; suggestion;
• MONITION
  A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer. (more info) to mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Admonish, Money, 1. Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution. Sage monitions
• SAVORINESS
  The quality of being savory.
• RELISHABLE
  Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying.
• CREDENTIAL
  Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting. Their credential letters on both sides. Camden.
• SAVOROUS
  Having a savor; savory. Rom. of R.
• ENHANCEMENT
  The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
• FLAVORED
  Having a distinct flavor; as, high-flavored wine.
• REJECTER
  One who rejects.
• FLAVORLESS
  Without flavor; tasteless.
• COUNSEL
  fr. the root of consulere to consult, of uncertain origin. Cf. 1. Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation. All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death. Matt. xxvii. 1. 2. Examination
• APPETIZER
  Something which creates or whets an appetite.
• REJECT
  re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. 1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. Robynson . Reject me not from among
• COUNSELOR
  conseiler, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliarius, fr. consilium 1. One who counsels; an adviser. Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no Shak. 2. A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign
• PLEASURER
  A pleasure seeker. Dickens.
• TASTE
  by the touch, to try, to taste, LL. taxitare, fr. L. taxare 1. To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. Chapman. Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find. Chaucer. 2. To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish
• ENJOYMENT
  1. The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate. 2. That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction. The hope of everlasting
• REJECTANEOUS
  Not chosen orr received; rejected. "Profane, rejectaneous, and reprobate people." Barrow.
• REJECTION
  Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.
• ABOMINATE
  To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety. Syn. -- To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See Hate.
• FOREWARN
  To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance. We were forewarned of your coming. Shak.
• IRREJECTABLE
  That can not be rejected; irresistible. Boyle.
• ATTASTE
  To taste or cause to taste. Chaucer.
• DISTASTEFUL
  1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome. 2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth. Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions. Milton. 3. Manifesting distaste or
• COMMONITION
  Advice; warning; instruction. Bailey.
• FORETASTE
  A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.