'Compliment' definitions:
Definition of 'compliment'
(from WordNet)
noun
A remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration
verb
Say something to someone that expresses praise; "He complimented her on her last physics paper" [syn: compliment, congratulate]
verb
Express respect or esteem for
Definition of 'Compliment'
From: GCIDE
- Compliment \Com"pli*ment\, v. t. To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment to. [1913 Webster]
- Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; . . . Should compliment their foes and shun their friends. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To praise; flatter; adulate; commend. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Compliment'
From: GCIDE
- Compliment \Com"pli*ment\, v. i. To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect. [1913 Webster]
- I make the interlocutors, upon occasion, compliment with one another. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Compliment'
From: GCIDE
- Compliment \Com"pli*ment\, n. [F. compliment. It complimento, fr. comlire to compliment, finish, suit, fr. L. complere to fill up. See Complete, and cf. Complement.] An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to a friend. [1913 Webster]
- Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Many a compliment politely penned. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- To make one a compliment, to show one respect; to praise one in a flattering way. --Locke.
- To make one's compliments to, to offer formal courtesies to.
- To stand on compliment, to treat with ceremony.
- Syn: See Adulation. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'compliment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acclaim,
- accolade,
- adulate,
- adulation,
- applaud,
- benevolence,
- beslobber,
- beslubber,
- best wishes,
- blandish,
- blandishment,
- blarney,
- bless,
- blessing,
- blessings,
- boon,
- bouquet,
- bunkum,
- cajole,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- commend,
- commendation,
- compliments,
- conceit,
- congratulate,
- congratulation,
- congratulations,
- encomium,
- eulogy,
- eyewash,
- fair words,
- favor,
- fawn upon,
- fawning,
- felicitate,
- felicitation,
- flatter,
- flattering remark,
- flattery,
- give a bouquet,
- good wishes,
- gratulate,
- gratulation,
- grease,
- greetings,
- hail,
- hand it to,
- homage,
- honeyed phrases,
- honeyed words,
- honor,
- incense,
- largess,
- laud,
- laudation,
- make fair weather,
- oil,
- oil the tongue,
- orchids,
- palaver,
- pay a compliment,
- polite commendation,
- posy,
- praise,
- present,
- pretty lies,
- recommend,
- regards,
- rejoice with,
- respects,
- salutations,
- slobber over,
- soap,
- soft soap,
- sweet nothings,
- sweet talk,
- sweet words,
- sycophancy,
- take off,
- TL,
- trade-last,
- tribute,
- wheedle,
- wheedling