congratulate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
say something to someone that expresses praise
He complimented her on her last physics paper
Types & categories
- praise hypernym
Related & opposite
- compliment derivation
- felicitation derivation
- congratulatory derivation
Sense 2 verb
express congratulations
Types & categories
- bid hypernym
Related & opposite
- felicity derivation
- congratulation derivation
- felicitation derivation
- congratulatory derivation
Sense 3 verb
be proud of
He prides himself on making it into law school
Types & categories
- feel hypernym
Related & opposite
- felicitation derivation
- pride derivation
- congratulatory derivation
Sense 4 verb
pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
Types & categories
- crow hypernym
Related & opposite
- congratulation derivation
- congratulatory derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | compliment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | felicitation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | congratulatory |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | praise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | felicity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | congratulation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | felicitation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | congratulatory |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bid |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | felicitation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pride |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | congratulatory |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | feel |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | congratulation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | congratulatory |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | crow |