Synonyms for appreciation
əˌpri ʃiˈeɪ ʃənap·pre·ci·a·tion

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1. appreciation

   Synonyms:
   affection, approval, benefit, blessing, delight, desire, enjoyment, esteem, esteem, gratification, joy, satisfaction, treat

   Antonyms:
   abhorrence, abomination, abuse, annoyance, aversion, crime, curse, detestation, disgust, evil, execration, hatred, horror, iniquity, nuisance, offense, plague, shame, villainy, wickedness

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1. appreciation, grasp, holdnoun

   understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something

   "he has a good grasp of accounting practices"

   Synonyms:
   clutch, compass, storage area, delay, time lag, detainment, range, keep, reach, grip, perceptiveness, handle, hold, handgrip, taste, wait, cargo area, detention, postponement, custody, admiration, clasp, cargo deck, clench, clutches, grasp, discernment, cargo hold

   Antonyms:
   depreciation

2. taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptivenessnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   taste perception, savvy, predilection, taste sensation, perceptiveness, insight, tasting, gustation, gustatory perception, perceptivity, hold, penchant, judgement, taste, sagaciousness, preference, sense of taste, admiration, discretion, apprehension, grasp, understanding, judgment, discernment, sagacity, gustatory sensation, gustatory modality, mouthful

   Antonyms:
   depreciation

3. appreciationnoun

   an expression of gratitude

   "he expressed his appreciation in a short note"

   Synonyms:
   perceptiveness, taste, grasp, admiration, discernment, hold

   Antonyms:
   depreciation

4. admiration, appreciationnoun

   a favorable judgment

   "a small token in admiration of your works"

   Synonyms:
   perceptiveness, esteem, admiration, wonderment, wonder, taste, grasp, hold, discernment

   Antonyms:
   depreciation

5. appreciationnoun

   an increase in price or value

   "an appreciation of 30% in the value of real estate"

   Synonyms:
   perceptiveness, taste, grasp, admiration, discernment, hold

   Antonyms:
   depreciation

Matched Categories

1. • Approval
   • Discrimination
   • Increase
   • Thanks
   • Understanding

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1. appreciationnoun

   Synonyms:
   valuation, estimation

2. appreciationnoun

   Synonyms:
   just estimate, correct valuation

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1. appreciationnoun

   Synonyms:
   valuation, estimation, esteem

   Antonyms:
   depreciation, inappreciation

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1. List of paraphrases for "appreciation":

   gratitude, satisfaction, recognition, acknowledgement, acknowledgements, thanks, reconnaissance, acknowledgment, acknowledgments, estimate, assessment, appraisal, tribute, appréciation, recognizing, appreciative, discretion, admiration, understanding, recognising, praise, esteem

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How to use appreciation in a sentence?

1. George Bernard Shaw:

   I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.

2. Jean Jacques Rousseau:

   Appreciation starts from yourself, or from nobody at all.

3. Voltaire:

   Appreciation is a wonderful thing It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

4. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

5. Lou Saban:

   Nobody could ever quite figure out how that happened, it was a pretty chilling experience, and something that makes you view things a little bit differently, and certainly have a much better appreciation of not taking for granted life itself.