The Meaning of praise

• (v.) To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.
• (v.) To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being.
• (v.) To value; to appraise.
• (v.) Commendation for worth; approval expressed; honor rendered because of excellence or worth; laudation; approbation.
• (v.) Especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to the Divine Being; the act of glorifying or extolling the Creator; worship, particularly worship by song, distinction from prayer and other acts of worship; as, a service of praise.
• (v.) The object, ground, or reason of praise.

Synonyms

congratulations , kudos , extolment

Antonyms

criticize

Homophones

prase , prays , preys

Rhymes

ablaze , allays , always , amaze , anyways , appraise , arrays , baise , baize , ballets , bayes , bays , bayse , baze , berets , betrays , blaise , blaize , blase , blayze , blaze , bouquets , braise , brase , brays , braze , cabernets , caches , cafes , cayes , chaise , chalets , chevrolets , claes , claeys , clays , communiques , crase , crays , craze , dais , daise , days , daze , decays , defrays , delays , delhaize , delosreyes , deshaies , dismays , dismutase , dossiers , edgeways , essays , faze , filets , folkways , fraise , frase , frays , fraze , fridays , fuentes , fuentez , gase , gaze , glaze , grays , graze , hallways , hase , hayes , hays , hayse , haze , inaez , indosuez , invirase , jays , kase , kayes , lais , lase , lays , leis , lengthways , lescaze , leys , lyonnais , lyonnaise , maes , maize , malaise , mayes , mayonnaise , mays , mayse , maze , mondays , morays , mores , nase , nays , nowadays , obeys , okays , oles , pais , paiz , paraphrase , pays , phase , phrase , plays , polonaise , polyphase , prase , prays , preys , protease , raise , rase , raze , reappraise , relays , rephrase , replays , res , sais , saiz , shays , shlaes , sideways , skase , slays , smaze , strays , streptokinase , sundays , surveys , sways , swayze , tays , todays , trays , tuesdays , ukase , urokinase , wais , ways , weekdays , weighs , yeas