applaudable

1. 1.

   worthy of high praise

   “applaudable efforts to save the environment”

   “a commendable sense of purpose”

   “laudable motives of improving housing conditions”

   “a significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence”

   Synonymscommendablelaudablepraiseworthy

   Similarworthy

Questions about applaudable

What does applaudable mean?

applaudable means "worthy of high praise".

How many syllables are in applaudable?

applaudable has 4 syllables: ap-plau-da-ble. The stress falls on "plau".

What is another word for applaudable?

Close synonyms include commendable, laudable, praiseworthy. 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 applaudable a common word?

applaudable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.