It was meant as a compliment, so I didn't want to tell him that he had missed the point.
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Compliment
//ˈkɑmpləmənt//
Synonyms for "compliment" (99 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (49)
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More general
6 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescapable of
2 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
form of
1 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
112 translations across 37 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- مَدْحَة noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- مَدْحَة noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- مُجامَلة noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- مَدَحَ verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Armenian
4 entries- կոմպլիմենտ noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- հաճոյախոսություն noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- կոմպլիմենտ անել verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
- հաճոյախոսել verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Belarusian
3 entries- кампліме́нт noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- пахвала́ noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- каза́ць кампліме́нты verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Bulgarian
4 entries- комплиме́нт noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- комплимент noun (courtesy, flattery)
- любе́зност noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- похвала́ noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
Catalan
1 entries- complimentar verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 稱讚 /称赞 noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- 道賀 /道贺 noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
Czech
2 entries- kompliment noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- poklona noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
Danish
2 entries- kompliment noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- komplimentere verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Dutch
3 entries- compliment noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- complimenteren verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
- een compliment geven verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Finnish
4 entries- imartelu noun (courtesy, flattery)
- kohteliaisuudenosoitus noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- kohteliaisuus noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- kohteliaisuus noun (courtesy, flattery)
French
4 entries- compliment noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- complimenter verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
- faire des compliments verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
- faire un compliment verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
German
4 entries- Achtungsbezeugung noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- Anerkennung noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- Ehrenbezeigung noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- Höflichkeitsbezeigung noun (courtesy, flattery)
Greek
4 entries- φιλοφρόνηση noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- επαινώ verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
- κολακεύω verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
- παινεύω verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Hebrew
2 entries- מחמאה noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- הֶחְמִיא verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Hindi
2 entries- तारीफ़ noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- प्रशंसा noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
Hungarian
2 entries- bók noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- bókol verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Italian
2 entries- complimento noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- complimentarsi verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Japanese
1 entries- お世辞 noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
Korean
2 entries- 찬사 noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- 칭찬 noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
Māori
2 entries- whakamihi noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- whakamihi verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Norwegian
2 entries- gi kompliment verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
- komplimentere verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- komplimang noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
Old English
1 entries- ġeswǣsnes noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
Polish
3 entries- komplement noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- pochlebstwo noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- pochwała noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
Portuguese
2 entries- elogio noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- elogiar verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Romanian
1 entries- compliment noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
Russian
4 entries- комплиме́нт noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- любе́зность noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- похвала́ noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- говори́ть комплиме́нты verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Sanskrit
2 entries- चाटु noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- चाटुक्ति noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
Slovak
1 entries- kompliment noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
Spanish
4 entries- cumplido noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- cumplimiento noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- falago noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- falago noun (courtesy, flattery)
Swedish
3 entries- komplimang noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- ge en komplimang verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
- komplimentera verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Thai
1 entries- คำชมเชย noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
Turkish
4 entries- iltifat noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- kompliman noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- övgü noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- iltifat etmek verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Ukrainian
3 entries- компліме́нт noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- люб'я́зність noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- похвала́ noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
Vietnamese
3 entries- lời khen noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- ca tụng verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
- khen ngợi verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Volapük
2 entries- plim noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- plimön verb (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion)
Welsh
2 entries- canmoliaeth noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
- compliment noun (expression of praise, congratulation or respect)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The shy boy blushed at her compliment.
Source: tatoeba (280763)
He paid me the compliment of listening.
Source: tatoeba (295692)
He paid me a compliment.
Source: tatoeba (297481)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.