OVATION Synonyms

• enthusiastic approval

• praise vociferously

• clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

• a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together

• encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators

• providing freedom from worry

• a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together

• the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

• a hired laborer on a farm or ranch

• something written by hand

• ability

• a position given by its location to the side of an object

• the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time

• one of two sides of an issue

• a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece

• a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses

• a member of the crew of a ship

• a card player in a game of bridge

• a round of applause to signify approval

• terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)

• physical assistance

• place into the hands or custody of

• guide or conduct or usher somewhere

• enthusiastic approval

• a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed

• a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance

• applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava'

• of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base

• rounded like an egg