recommend
Vouch for something
To recommend something is to endorse it as worthy of acceptance or trial: I recommend the fish, Can you recommend a good plumber?
To recommend a course of action is to advise it: Doctors recommend getting eight hours of sleep.
A recommendation may be formal, as when someone writes a letter recommending a job candidate.
Features that recommend something make it attractive or suitable: The location has little to recommend it.
Expert guidance offered
- suggestOffer an idea indirectly
- adviseGive counsel to
- prescribeOfficially recommend treatment
- advocatePublic cause supporter
urge · propose · caution · warn · consult · direct · guide · steer
Give personal assurance
- endorseGive official approval
- backReverse side; support
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- championTop competitor, or advocate
approve · sanction · validate · certify · praise · laud · acclaim · attest
counsel
Expert guidance offered
advocate · urge · propose · caution · warn · consult · direct · guide · steer · instruct
vouch
Give personal assurance
champion · approve · sanction · validate · certify · praise · laud · acclaim · attest · guarantee
propose
Put forth formally
- nominatePropose as candidate
- put forwardOffer for discussion
- mentionBrief verbal acknowledgment
offer · submit · advance · present · name · refer · highlight · point out · identify · single out
attract
Draw toward oneself
enhance · distinguish · qualify · merit · suit · befit · strengthen · boost · improve · elevate
- Critics & Reviewsreview, opinion, rating, critique, commentary
- editorial actionsedit, revise, proofread, publish, review
- tricky spellingsaccommodate, acknowledge, acquaintance, acquire, bureau
- promotionpromote, advertise, market, sell, endorse
- Strong Adviceshould, must, ought to, need to, have to
- support verbsback, support, advocate, defend, endorse
recommenddiscourage
Diminish someone's confidence
dissuade · disapprove · oppose · deprecate · criticize
- letter of recommendationWritten endorsement for applicants
- dentist recommended
- recommendation letterWritten endorsement for applicant
- recommended for you
- not recommendedAdvised against choosing
- book recommendationsSuggested titles to read
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