seal of approval

1. 1.

   an indication of approved or superior status

   Synonymscachetseal

   Broaderaward

Questions about seal of approval

What does seal of approval mean?

seal of approval means "an indication of approved or superior status".

What is another word for seal of approval?

Close synonyms include cachet, seal. 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 seal of approval a common word?

seal of approval 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.