appreciative

ap·pre·cia·tive

adj
\ə-ˈprē-shə-tiv, -ˈpri- also -ˈprē-shē-ˌā-\

Definition of APPRECIATIVE

: having or showing appreciation <an appreciative audience> <was appreciative of his good luck>

— ap·pre·cia·tive·ly adverb

— ap·pre·cia·tive·ness noun

Examples of APPRECIATIVE

1. <his latest novel has received a number of appreciative reviews>
2. <very appreciative after we helped him change his flat tire>

First Known Use of APPRECIATIVE

circa 1698

Related to APPRECIATIVE

Synonyms: admiring, applauding, favorable, approbatory, approving, commendatory, complimentary, friendly, good, positive

Antonyms: adverse, depreciative, depreciatory, derogatory, disapproving, inappreciative, negative, unappreciative, uncomplimentary, unfavorable, unflattering, unfriendly

Related Words: accepting, warm; encomiastic, eulogistic, flattering, hagiographic (also hagiographical), laudative, laudatory, panegyrical, praiseful; respectful, supportive, sympathetic; adoring, adulatory, idolizing, worshipful, worshipping (also worshiping); advisory, recommendatory

Near Antonyms: captious, carping, caviling (or cavilling), censuring, critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical; belittling, contemptuous, disdainful, disparaging, scornful, slighting

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Rhymes with APPRECIATIVE

accelerative, accumulative, administrative, alliterative, assimilative, associative, authoritative, collaborative, commemorative, communicative, cooperative, corroborative, deliberative, determinative, illuminative, investigative, multiplicative, originative, recuperative, regenerative