'appreciation' definitions:
Definition of 'appreciation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices" [syn: appreciation, grasp, hold]
noun
Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" [syn: taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness]
noun
An expression of gratitude; "he expressed his appreciation in a short note"
noun
A favorable judgment; "a small token in admiration of your works" [syn: admiration, appreciation]
noun
An increase in price or value; "an appreciation of 30% in the value of real estate" [ant: depreciation]
Synonyms of 'appreciation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptance,
- access,
- accession,
- accretion,
- accrual,
- accruement,
- accumulation,
- acknowledgment,
- addition,
- admiration,
- admission,
- adoration,
- advance,
- aggrandizement,
- allowance,
- amplification,
- analyzing,
- apotheosis,
- apperception,
- appraisal,
- appraisement,
- appraising,
- appreciation of differences,
- appreciativeness,
- approbation,
- approval,
- artistic judgment,
- ascent,
- assessing,
- assessment,
- augmentation,
- avowal,
- awareness,
- awe,
- ballooning,
- bloating,
- blurb,
- boom,
- boost,
- breathless adoration,
- broadening,
- buildup,
- cognition,
- cognizance,
- commendation,
- comprehension,
- concession,
- confession,
- connoisseurship,
- consciousness,
- consideration,
- courtesy,
- crescendo,
- critical niceness,
- criticalness,
- declaration,
- deference,
- deification,
- delicacy,
- development,
- discriminating taste,
- discriminatingness,
- discrimination,
- discriminativeness,
- duty,
- edema,
- elevation,
- enhancement,
- enjoyment,
- enlargement,
- esteem,
- estimate,
- estimation,
- evaluating,
- evaluation,
- evaluative criticism,
- exaggerated respect,
- expansion,
- extension,
- fastidiousness,
- favor,
- feel,
- feeling,
- fine palate,
- finesse,
- flood,
- gain,
- gauging,
- good word,
- gratefulness,
- gratitude,
- great respect,
- greatening,
- growth,
- gush,
- hero worship,
- high regard,
- hike,
- homage,
- honor,
- honorable mention,
- hype,
- idolatry,
- idolization,
- increase,
- increment,
- inflation,
- insight,
- judiciousness,
- jump,
- knowledge,
- leap,
- making distinctions,
- measurement,
- mindfulness,
- mounting,
- multiplication,
- niceness of distinction,
- nicety,
- noesis,
- note,
- notice,
- obligation,
- opinion,
- palate,
- perception,
- plug,
- prestige,
- productiveness,
- profession,
- proliferation,
- promotion,
- puff,
- raise,
- ranking,
- rating,
- realization,
- reckoning,
- recognition,
- refined discrimination,
- refined palate,
- refinement,
- regard,
- respect,
- reverence,
- reverential regard,
- rise,
- salvo,
- selectiveness,
- sense,
- sense of obligation,
- sensibility,
- sensitivity,
- snowballing,
- spread,
- subtlety,
- surge,
- swelling,
- tact,
- tactfulness,
- taste,
- thankfulness,
- thanks,
- tribute,
- tumescence,
- understanding,
- up,
- upping,
- upsurge,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upturn,
- valuation,
- valuing,
- veneration,
- view,
- waxing,
- weighing,
- widening,
- worship