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approval has 5 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 4 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is disapproval.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for approval come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
a feeling of liking something or someone good
“although she fussed at them, she secretly viewed all her children with approval”
a message expressing a favorable opinion
“words of approval seldom passed his lips”