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Appreciative

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Capable of or showing appreciation.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Showing appreciation or gratitude.

adj. Capable of showing appreciation.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Capable of appreciating; manifesting due appreciation: as, an appreciative audience.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. feeling or expressive of gratitude

adj. having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion

Word Usage

"Household stuff: I agree yard sales are not worth the effort, I'd rather give the stuff to people who are thrilled to get it; altho, we did sell a few things privately to neighbors, and we did send a lot of stuff to auction, so at least it wound up in appreciative hands."

Equivalent

thankful grateful discriminating

Antonym

unappreciative

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

sensible sensitive

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

attentive sympathetic grateful responsive candid enthusiastic cordial incredulous sarcastic apologetic