| Congratulation (n.) The act of congratulating; an expression of sympathetic pleasure. Thesaurus Entries accolade, adulation, apotheosis, bepraisement, deification, eloge, encomium, eulogium, eulogy, exaltation, excessive praise, flattery, glorification, glory, hero worship, homage, hommage, honor, idolatry, idolizing, kudos, laud, laudation, lionizing, magnification, meed of praise, overpraise, paean, panegyric, praise, tribute |