great work
Praise for accomplishment
Great work is a phrase of praise for someone's effort or achievement, typically offered as encouragement or approval: Great work on that presentation.
The tone ranges from genuine admiration to routine acknowledgment—a boss might say it to motivate, a teacher to a student who improved.
In esoteric traditions, the Great Work refers to spiritual transformation or the alchemical pursuit of the philosopher's stone.
- magnum opusCreator's supreme achievement
- bravoAcclaim for performers
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- awardHonor given for merit
- nice oneApproval after achievement
tour de force · milestone · awesome · discovery · legacy · architecture · innovation · kudos · high praise · collaboration · excellent · opus · labor of love · standing ovation · standing O · hats off · take a bow · invention
- praiselauding, compliments, laudation, accolades, praises
- sarcasmyeah right, oh please, as if, oh really, how original
- alchemyalchemy, alchemist, philosopher's stone, transmutation, elixir
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, black magic, tarot
- transmutationlead to gold, philosopher's stone, base metal, noble metal
- Thanksthank you, thanks, thanks a lot, thanks a bunch, thanks so much
great workfailure
Lack of success
botched job · hack job · flop · disaster · rubbish
great workcriticism
Judgment of faults
harsh criticism · negative feedback · condemnation · disapproval · rebuke
great workpotboiler
Work made for money
schlock · drivel · derivative work · mediocrity · obscurity
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