encomium
Formal high praise
An encomium is a formal expression of high praise—a tribute or eulogy honoring a person or achievement.
The word suggests elevated, public praise rather than casual compliment: The retirement dinner featured encomiums from colleagues who had worked with her for decades.
Plural: encomiums or encomia.
Elaborate formal tribute speech
- commendationFormal expression of approval
- laudationFormal expression of praise
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
extolment · acclaim · applause · kudos · plaudits · approbation · tribute · homage
Elaborate formal tribute speech
Elaborate formal tribute speech
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
epitaph · elegy · tribute · valediction · requiem · oratory · funeral oration · farewell
Innate personal worth
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- respectRegard with honor
- prestigeReputation commanding admiration
- venerationProfound admiring respect
reverence · admiration · distinction · recognition · merit · glory · nobility · tribute
panegyric
Elaborate formal tribute speech
- commendationFormal expression of approval
- laudationFormal expression of praise
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
glorification · extolment · acclaim · applause · kudos · plaudits · approbation · tribute · homage · appreciation
panegyric
Elaborate formal tribute speech
panegyric
Elaborate formal tribute speech
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
remembrance · epitaph · elegy · tribute · valediction · requiem · oratory · funeral oration · farewell · testament
dignity
Innate personal worth
veneration · reverence · admiration · distinction · recognition · merit · glory · nobility · tribute · homage
- biographiesbiography, biographies, autobiography, autobiographies, memoir
- poetrypoem, poems, poetry, verse, verses
- ceremonial speecheseulogy, commencement address, inaugural address, farewell address, wedding toast
- oratorypublic speaking, speeches, oration, orations, addresses
- speechesspeech, addresses, historic speeches, lecture, soliloquy
- tributestribute, tribute album, homage, dedication, memorial
encomiumcondemnation
Severe disapproval expressed formally
denunciation · censure · excoriation · diatribe · invective
encomiumvituperation
Bitter verbal abuse
vilification · obloquy · calumny · invective · slander