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appreciate |
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appreciative
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appreciative
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective appreciative has 2 senses
- appreciative(s = adj.all) Array - feeling or expressive of gratitude; "was appreciative of his efforts"; "an appreciative word" Derived forms verb appreciate1, noun appreciativeness1
- appreciative(s = adj.all) Array - having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion; "appreciative of a beautiful landscape"; "an appreciative laugh from the audience" Derived form verb appreciate3
CIDE DICTIONARY
appreciative, a.
Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as, an appreciative audience. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
appreciative
acclamatory, accurate, acknowledging, admiring, alive to, appreciative of, apprised of, approbatory, awake to, aware of, behind the curtain, behind the scenes, beholden, cognizant of, commendatory, complimentary, conscious of, crediting, critical, delicate, differential, discriminate, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, encomiastic, eulogistic, exact, fastidious, fine, flattering, grateful, hep to, in the know, in the secret, indebted to, informed of, laudatory, let into, mindful of, much obliged, nice, no stranger to, obliged, on to, panegyric, precise, privy to, refined, regardful, respectful, seized of, selective, sensible, sensible of, sensible to, sensitive, streetwise, subtle, tactful, thankful, undeceived, under obligation, wise to
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