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laudable

laud·a·ble

laudable

 
 
pronunciation:
law d bl
features:
Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: adjective
definition: worthy of praise.
The students' laudable fund-raising efforts brought in enough money to buy all new band uniforms.Although his intentions were laudable, his plan was a failure.
synonyms:
creditable, meritorious, praiseworthy
antonyms:
abhorrent, abominable, deplorable, despicable, heinous, shameful
similar words:
admirable, estimable, excellent, honorable, model, proud, respectable, worthy
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)laudable certainly, hardly, highly, however, less, morally, perfectly, surely, unfortunately, wholly
(adj.)laudable + noun accomplishment, achievement, aids, aim, ambition, aspiration, attempt, cause, charity, collection, consumer, democracy, desire, effort, enterprise, exception, favor, feature, goal, ideal, instance, intention, matter, mean, move, objective, principle, progress, project, purpose, quality, recommendation, reform, search, sentiment, track, tradition, value, variety, vision, writer, zeal  [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: laudably (adv.)