Dictionary Definition
appreciative adj
1 feeling or expressive of gratitude; "was
appreciative of his efforts"; "an appreciative word"
2 having or showing appreciation or a favorable
critical judgment or opinion; "appreciative of a beautiful
landscape"; "an appreciative laugh from the audience"
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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