Usually means: Deserving praise for admirable qualities.
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  1. commendable: Merriam-Webster
  2. commendable: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. commendable: Collins English Dictionary
  4. commendable: Vocabulary.com
  5. Commendable, commendable: Wordnik
  6. commendable: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. commendable: Wiktionary
  8. Commendable, commendable: Dictionary.com
  9. commendable: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Commendable: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Commendable: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. commendable: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. commendable: Rhymezone
  14. Commendable: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. commendable: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. commendable: FreeDictionary.org
  17. commendable: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. commendable: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. commendable: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. commendable: Legal dictionary

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  1. commendable: Idioms

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▸ adjective:  Worthy of commendation; deserving praise; admirable, creditable, or meritorious.

Similar:
laudable, worthy, applaudable, praiseworthy, admirably, meritorious, plausible, deserving, praisable, estimable, more...

Opposite:
blameworthy, censurable, culpable, deplorable, reprehensible

Types:
altruistic, benevolent, charitable, generous, philanthropic, more...

Phrases:
commendable quality, commendable playground, more...

Adjectives:
least, most, lowest, right, native, highest, whole

Colors:
    gold,     silver,     bronze,     emerald,     sapphire, more...



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Similar:
laudable, worthy, applaudable, praiseworthy, admirably, meritorious, plausible, deserving, praisable, estimable, more...

Opposite:
blameworthy, censurable, culpable, deplorable, reprehensible

Types:
altruistic, benevolent, charitable, generous, philanthropic, more...

Phrases:
commendable quality, commendable playground, more...

Adjectives:
least, most, lowest, right, native, highest, whole

Colors:
    gold,     silver,     bronze,     emerald,     sapphire, more...



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