acclaim

1. 1.

   enthusiastic approval

   “the book met with modest acclaim”

   “he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd”

   “they gave him more eclat than he really deserved”

   Synonymsacclamationplauditsplauditeclat

   Broaderapproval

Other forms of acclaim

plural

acclaims·

past tense

acclaimed·

present participle

acclaiming·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about acclaim

What does acclaim mean?

acclaim means "praise vociferously". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in acclaim?

acclaim has 2 syllables: ac-claim. The stress falls on "claim". In IPA it is /əˈkleɪm/.

What is another word for acclaim?

Close synonyms include hail, herald, applaud, clap, spat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acclaim a common word?

acclaim is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with acclaim?

7 words rhyme with acclaim. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.