Laudable
What it means
Worthy of explicit praise because the purpose or conduct is genuinely good.
Reach for it when approving an aim, effort, restraint, or action in formal language
Publishing the failed trial alongside the success was laudable.
Words to choose between 7
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everyday
Fits when plain approval is enough
Careful Good is broad and misses the earned formal praise in laudable.
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warm
Fits when the quality awakens personal respect
Careful Admirable can describe skill or beauty, not just worthy conduct.
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professional
Fits when measured official praise for conduct is appropriate
Careful Commendable is slightly cooler and more administrative.
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professional
creditable
Fits when performance deserves recognition despite limits
Careful Creditable often implies a respectable rather than exceptional result.
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formal
Fits when deserving praise is the exact transparent claim
Careful Praiseworthy sounds more explicit and less elegant than laudable.
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literary
Fits when high moral purpose is central
Careful Noble overstates a small but useful administrative improvement.
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literary
Fits when moral merit is established without specifying praise
Careful Worthy needs a complement or context and can sound vague alone.
Opposites 3
- blameworthy
- disgraceful
- unworthy
Common phrases 3
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laudable goal
Universal access is a laudable goal that still needs a budget.
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laudable effort
The clinic made a laudable effort to publish in plain language.
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entirely laudable
Her refusal to hide the conflict was entirely laudable.
Word family 1
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Steve Shives, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC0 Updated