congratulate

Meaning

1. To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for; to felicitate.
2. (reflexive) To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.

Synonyms

felicitate

celebrate

compliment

praise

applaud

bless

wish well

preen

salute

commend

acclaim

admire

appreciate

greet

honor

plume

pride

wish one well

laud

pay respects

flatter

congratulations

㊗️

high-five

render homage

reward

blessings

bid

send one's greetings

rejoice with

gratulate

glorify

good luck

wish joy to

happiness

take pride

Translations

féliciter

gratulieren

felicitar

beglückwünschen

gelukwensen

congratularsi

feliciteren

felicitar

συγχαίρω

felicitare

felicitar

congratular

tebrik etmek

complimenter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈɡɹæt͡ʃ.ʊˌleɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin congrātulātus, the perfect active participle of Latin grātulor (“to wish joice, rejoice (with); to congratulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- + grātulor, from grātus (“grateful, pleasing, agreeable, beloved”) + -or. By surface analysis, con- + gratulate.