The cook drew approving comments from across the table.
Source: tatoeba (687355)
Approving
//əˈpɹuː.vɪŋ//
Synonyms for "approving" (36 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (8)
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (10)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (18)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
2 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
10 translations across 8 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- hyväksyvä adj (expressing approbation; commending — see also approbative)
French
2 entries- approbateur adj (expressing approbation; commending — see also approbative)
- approbatif adj (expressing approbation; commending — see also approbative)
Latin
2 entries- approbāns adj (expressing approbation; commending — see also approbative)
- approbātīvus adj (expressing approbation; commending — see also approbative)
Latvian
1 entries- apstiprinošs adj (expressing approbation; commending — see also approbative)
Polish
1 entries- aprobujący adj (expressing approbation; commending — see also approbative)
Portuguese
1 entries- aprovador adj (expressing approbation; commending — see also approbative)
Russian
1 entries- одобри́тельный adj (expressing approbation; commending — see also approbative)
Ukrainian
1 entries- схва́льний adj (expressing approbation; commending — see also approbative)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
He gave her an approving nod.
Source: tatoeba (1343916)
Thank you for approving my join request.
Source: tatoeba (2137688)
He scrutinized the document one final time before approving it.
Source: tatoeba (3068904)
Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.