complimentaryadjective
uk/ˌkɒm.plɪˈmen.tər.i/us/ˌkɑːm.pləˈmen.t̬ɚ.i/complimentary adjective (PRAISING)
praising or expressing admiration for someone:
The reviews of his latest film have been highly complimentary.
She wasn't very complimentary about your performance, was she?
Our guests said some very complimentary things about the meal I'd cooked.
Opposite
uncomplimentary
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Praising and applauding
- a pat on the back idiom
- acclaim
- acclamation
- accolade
- adulate
- cheer
- exalt
- extol
- felicitations
- fete
- full marks to sb idiom
- lay
- pat
- praise
- recognize
- rhapsodic
- rhapsody
- round of applause idiom
- shout-out
- sing
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complimentary adjective (FREE)
C2 If tickets, books, etc. are complimentary, they are given free, especially by a business.
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Costing little or no money
- bargain
- bargain bin
- cheap rate
- cheaply
- cut-price
- downscale
- economy-size
- knock-down
- low-cost
- low-rent
- mass market
- nothing
- offer
- reasonably
- snip
- something
- song
- steal
- tacky
- trinket
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