The mayor's speech was received with much acclaim.
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Acclaim
//əˈkleɪm//
Synonyms for "acclaim" (112 found)
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3 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
66 translations across 20 languages.
Bengali
2 entries- চিৎকার করা verb (to shout)
- প্রশংসাধ্বনি verb (to shout applause)
Bikol Central
2 entries- rukyaw verb (to shout)
- rukyaw verb (to applaud)
Bulgarian
4 entries- акламирам verb (to shout applause)
- аплодирам verb (to applaud)
- одобрявам бурно verb (to shout applause)
- провъзгласявам verb (to declare by acclamations)
Catalan
2 entries- aclamar verb (to shout applause)
- aclamar verb (to declare by acclamations)
Dutch
4 entries- applaudiseren verb (to shout applause)
- juichen verb (to shout applause)
- loven verb (to applaud)
- prijzen verb (to applaud)
Esperanto
1 entries- aklami verb (to applaud)
Finnish
4 entries- huutaa verb (to shout)
- julistaa verb (to declare by acclamations)
- osoittaa suosiotaan verb (to shout applause)
- osoittaa suosiotaan verb (to applaud)
French
4 entries- acclamer verb (to shout applause)
- acclamer verb (to applaud)
- applaudir verb (to applaud)
- crier d'enthousiasme verb (to shout)
German
4 entries- applaudieren verb (to shout applause)
- applaudieren verb (to applaud)
- klatschen verb (to shout applause)
- klatschen verb (to applaud)
Hungarian
1 entries- megtapsol verb (to applaud)
Italian
4 entries- acclamare verb (to shout applause)
- acclamare verb (to applaud)
- acclamare verb (to declare by acclamations)
- applaudire verb (to applaud)
Latin
1 entries- acclamo verb (to shout applause)
Middle English
1 entries- recomaunden verb (to applaud)
Māori
3 entries- moemiti verb (to shout applause)
- whakamanahau verb (to applaud)
- whakamoemiti verb (to shout applause)
Norwegian
1 entries- hylle verb (to applaud)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Loff noun (acclamation)
Polish
2 entries- aklamować verb (to shout)
- aklamować verb (to declare by acclamations)
Portuguese
4 entries- aclamar verb (to shout applause)
- aclamar verb (to applaud)
- aclamar verb (to declare by acclamations)
- clamar verb (to claim)
Russian
4 entries- аплоди́ровать verb (to applaud)
- крича́ть verb (to shout)
- одобря́ть verb (to shout applause)
- приве́тствовать verb (to shout applause)
Spanish
4 entries- aclamación noun (acclamation)
- aclamar verb (to shout applause)
- aclamar verb (to applaud)
- aclamar verb (to declare by acclamations)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Nelson Mandela was one of those rare people who manage to win universal acclaim throughout the world.
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She received international acclaim for her research.
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She was a brilliant scholar, receiving acclaim far and wide.
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