appreciation

1. 1.

   understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something

   “he has a good grasp of accounting practices”

   Synonymsgrasphold

   Broaderunderstanding

   Narrowersense
2. 2.

   delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)

   “arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success”

   “to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste”

   Synonymstastediscernmentperceptiveness

   Broaderdiscrimination

   Narrowervirtuvoguedelicacyculture
3. 3.

   an expression of gratitude

   “he expressed his appreciation in a short note”

   Broaderthanks
4. 4.

   a favorable judgment

   “a small token in admiration of your works”

   Synonymsadmiration

   Broaderblessing

   Narroweradorationidealization
5. 5.

   an increase in price or value

   “an appreciation of 30% in the value of real estate”

   Antonymsdepreciation

   Broaderincrease

Other forms of appreciation

plural

appreciations·

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 appreciation

What does appreciation mean?

appreciation means "understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in appreciation?

appreciation has 5 syllables: ap-pre-ci-a-tion. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /əˌpɹiʃiˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for appreciation?

Close synonyms include grasp, hold, taste, discernment, perceptiveness. 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.

What is the opposite of appreciation?

The recorded antonyms are depreciation.

Is appreciation a common word?

appreciation is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 appreciation?

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