adulates

The word “adulates” has 3 syllables: ad-u-lates

It's pronounced as /ˈædʒəˌleɪts/


What is synonym and antonym for adulates?

In the thesaurus, “adulates” has 62 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for adulates along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for adulates

  • adores
  • applauds
  • appreciates
  • approves
  • belauds
  • blandishes
  • blarneys
  • butters up
  • cajoles
  • canonizes
  • cherishes
  • coaxes
  • commends
  • compliments
  • congratulates
  • courts
  • deifies
  • drools
  • endears
  • endorses
  • esteems
  • eulogizes
  • extolls
  • extols
  • fancies
  • favors
  • fawns
  • felicitates
  • flatters
  • gushes
  • hallows
  • hero-worships
  • honeys
  • idolizes
  • indorses
  • ingratiates
  • kowtows
  • lauds
  • likes
  • massages
  • overpraises
  • praises
  • prefers
  • prizes
  • puffs
  • regards
  • respects
  • reveres
  • romances
  • slavers
  • slobbers
  • soft-soaps
  • strokes
  • supports
  • sweet-talks
  • toadies
  • treasures
  • values
  • venerates
  • wheedles
  • woos
  • worships

Antonyms for adulates

Meanings of adulates

  • verb
    1. To flatter effusively.

Example Sentences

  • The media often adulates celebrities, portraying them as flawless.
  • He adulates his mentor, always speaking of him with great admiration.
  • The public adulates athletes who achieve extraordinary success.
  • She adulates famous writers and tries to imitate their style.
  • Society sometimes adulates wealth more than genuine character.

On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to adulates, such as: abhors, abominates, adores, applauds, appreciates, approves, bad-mouths.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

hails

  • acclaims
  • accredits
  • adulates
  • applauds
  • approves
  • asks
  • assembles
  • avalanches
  • ballyhoos
  • barrages
  • beckons
  • belauds
  • bids
  • blitzes
  • blitzkriegs
  • bombardments
  • bravoes
  • broadsides
  • bursts
  • buzzes
  • calls
  • calls out
  • calls up
  • cannonades
  • cataclysms
  • cataracts
  • celebrates
  • cheers
  • cites
  • claps
  • commands
  • commends
  • convenes
  • convokes
  • cracks up
  • currents
  • deifies
  • deluges
  • demands
  • discharges
  • distances
  • drumbeats
  • drumfires
  • earfuls
  • emblazons
  • endorses
  • engulfments
  • eruptions
  • eulogizes
  • excesses
  • extolls
  • extols
  • favors
  • flatters
  • flood tides
  • floods
  • flurries
  • flushes
  • fusillades
  • glorifies
  • gluts
  • gushes
  • hearings
  • idolizes
  • indorses
  • inundations
  • invites
  • invokes
  • knells
  • lauds
  • magnifies
  • musters
  • orders
  • outbreaks
  • outbursts
  • outflows
  • outpourings
  • overabundances
  • overages
  • overflows
  • overkills
  • overmuch
  • overpraises
  • oversupplies
  • pages
  • praises
  • rains
  • rashes
  • recommends
  • requests
  • requisitions
  • rings
  • rivers
  • rushes
  • salutes
  • salvoes
  • salvos
  • sends for
  • showers
  • sights
  • sings
  • sounds
  • spates
  • storms
  • streams
  • subpoenas
  • summons
  • superabundances
  • superfluities
  • supports
  • surfeits
  • surges
  • surpluses
  • tides
  • torrents
  • touts
  • volleys
  • volumes
  • whistles

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