extol
extol is a 5-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To place on high; to lift up; to elevate. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To place on high; to lift up; to elevate.
- transitive verb. To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify; as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person.
- verb. praise, glorify, or honor
"extol the virtues of one's children"
"glorify one's spouse's cooking"
Synonyms
exalt, glorify, laud, proclaim
Common word forms
extols, extoled, extoling, extolled, extoller, extolling, extolment
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