'Recommend' definitions:
Definition of 'recommend'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Recommend'
From: GCIDE
- Recommend \Rec`om*mend"\ (r?k`?m*m?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recommended; p. pr. & vb. n. Recommending.] [Pref. re- + commend: cf. F. recommander.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Maecenas recommended Virgil and Horace to Augustus, whose praises . . . have made him precious to posterity. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make acceptable; to attract favor to. [1913 Webster]
- A decent boldness ever meets with friends, Succeeds, and e'en a stranger recommends. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To commit; to give in charge; to commend. [1913 Webster]
- Paul chose Silas and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God. --Acts xv. 40. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'recommend'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acclaim,
- advance,
- advise,
- advocacy,
- advocate,
- advocating,
- advocation,
- applaud,
- approve,
- back,
- blandish,
- boost,
- brief,
- bring before,
- bring forward,
- bring up,
- broach,
- cajole,
- call on,
- call upon,
- certificate of character,
- character,
- character reference,
- coach,
- coax,
- commend,
- commend to attention,
- compliment,
- confer,
- consult with,
- counsel,
- credential,
- cry up,
- direct,
- endorse,
- exhort,
- favor,
- guide,
- hail,
- high-pressure,
- hype,
- importune,
- insist,
- insist upon,
- instruct,
- introduce,
- jawbone,
- kibitz,
- launch,
- lay before,
- letter of introduction,
- lobby,
- make a motion,
- meddle,
- moot,
- move,
- nag,
- offer a resolution,
- open up,
- patronage,
- persuade,
- plead with,
- plug,
- pose,
- postulate,
- praise,
- prefer,
- prescribe,
- press,
- pressure,
- promote,
- propose,
- proposition,
- propound,
- puff,
- push,
- put forth,
- put forward,
- put it to,
- recommendation,
- reference,
- second,
- set before,
- set forth,
- soft-soap,
- speak highly of,
- speak warmly of,
- speak well of,
- stand up for,
- start,
- submit,
- subscribe to,
- suggest,
- support,
- sweet-talk,
- testimonial,
- tout,
- underwrite,
- urge,
- vouch for,
- voucher,
- wheedle,
- work on