HAILED Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

hailed

verb

past tense of hail

as in praised

to declare enthusiastic approval of the museum director hailed the artist's new installation as a groundbreaking work of genius

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as in summoned

to demand or request the presence or service of let's hail a taxi hailed the waiter for the check

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Recent Examples of hailed Related Stories Plunging Streamer Orders Last decade, new streaming services were hailed as the great hope for the kids & family entertainment industry. — John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026 Mills, sympathetic to conspiratorial beliefs about the 2020 election and hailed by some election skeptics as a champion of voting integrity, has long clashed with members, squabbling over his power. — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Originally hailed as her hero, when the grotesque truth comes out about Rodney's role in the break-in, a police investigation reveals a tangled web of lies. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 Released in 2004 and hailed as a late-career masterpiece, Van Lear Rose was a critical and commercial hit. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026 Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Monday hailed down a tanker transiting the strait and ordered the ship to turn around or face attack, according to an incident report from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 The passengers who halted the attack and helped regain control of the aircraft have been hailed as heroes in Israel. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026 Arrival of the aircraft has been both hailed and criticized by Taiwanese politicians, however. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026 Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot hailed for averting a catastrophe on a FlyDubai flight, described Spice Jet incorrectly. — New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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Naomi Ackie, who plays the scientist charged with Hagen’s experimental procedure, praised how her co-star shouldered what was a very challenging role.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
At a news conference Friday, police also praised a teacher who threw a cellphone at the gunman, tackled him and fought to take his weapon.

— Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of praised

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Video footage of that night was captured by Lopez’s younger sister, who was outside with her brother smoking on the front lawn of their parents’ home when the two officers arrived and summoned Lopez out into the street, according to Kremer.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
When Georg discards the item and it is found by the police, Fritz is summoned to Westhofen to identify it.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of summoned

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Analysts applauded Apple for introducing HomeView at a reasonable price given all the component shortages.

— Kif Leswing,Annie Palmer,Jordan Novet, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
Mitchell, who turns 83 next month and was using a walking stick, also posted a short video clip from the ceremony, in which she was applauded by others gathered in the room.

— Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of applauded

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In 1921, a small Japanese company called Shimano began making bicycle freewheels in Osaka.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
There are also plans afoot by the French defense procurement agency (DGA) called SNA3G, which are preliminary plans for an eventual replacement of the Suffren-class in the future.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of called

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Over the past four decades, Harrison has carved out a stellar career across a number of literary forms, and has been acclaimed by such writers as Angela Carter, Deborah Levy, and Iain Banks.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Yet its most acclaimed, and valuable, such set imagined a fictional conflict.

— Bob Woods, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026

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