recommend

Verb

Meaning

To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body.

To make acceptable; to attract favor to.

To commit; to give in charge; to commend.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

advocate urge commend support back suggest promote encourage praise champion submit propose approve counsel advise
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Antonyms

oppose discourage disapprove deprecate disrecommend accept
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Hypernyms

change suggest alter praise modify propose

Hyponyms

prescribe

Phrases with the word

recommend itself

Derivatives

recommended recommending

Anagrams

commender

Examples

Here's a rule I recommend. Never practice two vices at once. Tallulah Bankhead

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. Joseph Addison

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar

Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it. Dianne Feinstein

Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold. Ludwig van Beethoven

I do recommend the vegan diet because you wake up and feel great! Jennifer Lopez

Close letter words and terms

recommence the business recommencement recommencer recommend itself recommendability recommendable