ENCOMIAST

Definition: ENCOMIAST

ENCOMIAST

Noun

1. One who praises; a panegyrist.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "ENCOMIAST" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1792. (references)

Etymology: Encomiast \En*co"mi*ast\, noun. [from Greek expression, from to praise, from encomium: compare to the French expression encomiaste. See Encomium.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Satire	ENCOMIAST, n. A special (but not particular) kind of liar. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Flatterer	Noun: flatterer, adulator; eulogist, euphemist; optimist, encomiast, laudator, whitewasher.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

"ENCOMIAST" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 61.54% of the time. "ENCOMIAST" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	61.54%	8	124,375
Noun (singular)	38.46%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	13	N/A

Language		Translations for "ENCOMIAST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		panegrist. (various references)

Arabic		‏المادح (eulogist, panegyrist), ‏المداح. (various references)

Bulgarian		възхвалител (eulogist), панегерист (eulogist, panegyrist). (various references)

Czech		chvalořeèník (panegyrist). (various references)

French		encomiums. (various references)

Greek		εγκωμιαστήσ. (various references)

Hungarian		panegirikus, magasztaló (eulogistical, laudative, laudatory, lauditive, panegyric), dicsőítő (eulogistical, laudative, laudatory, panegyric). (various references)

Pig Latin		encomiastay

Portuguese		encomiasta, codificado. (various references)

Romanian		linguşitor (adulatory, bootlicker, cajoler, cajoling, crawler, fawning, flatterer, flattering, flunkey, gratifying, ingratiating, oilily, reptile, servile, sleek, smoothie, spaniel, supple, supply, sycophant, toad, toad-eater, toad-eating, toady, yes man). (various references)

Russian		панегирист (eulogist, panegyrist). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pohvalni govor. (various references)

Spanish		encomiasta. (various references)

Swedish		lovprisare (eulogist, praiser, praisers). (various references)

Ukranian		панегірист (eulogist, panegyrist). (various references)

Vietnamese		người viết b� i tán tụng kẻ xu nịnh. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ENCOMIAST": encomiastic, encomiasts. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"ENCOMIAST" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eucomis. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "ENCOMIAST" (pronounced 'En*co"mi*ast'): Abreast, Accoast, Aftercast, Antepast, Antispast, Avast, Backcast, Bast, Beast, Bioblast, Bioplast, Bluebreast, Breastfast, Bullfeast, Bumbast, By-past, Chast, Chiliast, Chimney-breast, Chirogymnast, Chiroplast, Chloroplast, Chromoblast, Cnidoblast, Countercast, Cranioclast, Cystoplast, Cytoblast, Devast, Dicast, Discoast, Disdiaclast, Dismast, Divast, Dynast, Ecclesiast, Ectoblast, Elegiast, Endoblast, Endoplast, Enthusiast, Entoblast, Entosthoblast, Epiblast, Fantast, flabbergast, Forepast, fore-topmast, Forncast, Gast, Ghast, gymnast, Gymnoplast, Gypsoplast, Haematoblast, Haematoplast, half-mast, Hesychast, holdfast, Holoblast, Homoplast, hypoblast, ICONOCLAST, Idioblast, Idoloclast, Leukoplast, Lithoclast, Meroblast, mesoblast, Mesoplast, Metaphrast, Metaplast, Molecast, Monoplast, Nefast, nematoblast, Neurospast, Oast, Odontoblast, Odontoplast, Osteoblast, osteoclast, Osteoplast, Outbreast, Outfeast, Outlast, Overmast, Overroast, Pancratiast, Parablast, Paraphrast, Pederast, Pentaspast, Periblast, Periplast, Planoblast, Pleonast, Polyspast, Portlast, Protoplast, recast, redbreast, Remast, Ribroast, Sarcoblast, Scholiast, Shamefast, Smell-feast, Snast, Spermatoblast, Spermoblast, Spongoblast, Statoblast, steadfast, Symposiast, topmast, Umbecast, Unbreast, Undercast, Velvetbreast, Voltaplast, Wast, Whirl-blast, Yeast. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: coinmates.
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-m-n-o-s-t"
	-1 letter: aconites, amnestic, amniotes, canoeist, centimos, coinmate, misatone, monastic, semantic, sonicate.
	-2 letters: acetins, acinose, aconite, actions, amnesic, amniote, amosite, anomies, anosmic, atomics, atomies, atomise, atonics, atonies, camions, cations, centimo, cineast, cinemas, comates, encomia, etamins, incomes, inmates, maniocs, manitos, masonic, mesonic, mestino, moisten, nematic, notices, octanes, osmatic, section, sematic, sentimo, somatic, tameins, tonemic.
	-3 letters: acetin, actins, action, aeonic, aments, amices, amines, amnios, anemic, animes, anomic, anomie, antics, ascent, atomic, atones, atonic, cameos, camion, camise, canoes, cantos, casein, casino, cation, centai, centas, centos, cestoi, cinema, coatis, comate, comets, comtes, conies, contes, cosine, costae, cotans, enacts, enatic, eonism, etamin, iceman, icones, incase, incest, income, inmate, inmost, inseam, insect, macons, manics, manioc, manito, mantes, mantic, mantis, mascon, mascot, mastic, matins, mesian, minces, misact, misate, miseat, monies, monist, montes, mosaic, nastic, nicest, noetic, notice, oceans, octane, octans, omenta, oscine, samite, scotia, secant, semina, sitcom, socman, socmen, somite, stamen, stance, tamein, tenias, tineas, tisane, tocsin, tomans, tonics.
	-4 letters: acmes, acnes, actin, aeons, amens, ament, amice, amies, amine, amino, amins, amnic, amnio, anime, anise, antes, antic, antis, ascot, atoms, atone, cains, cameo, cames, canes, canoe, canso, canst, canto, cants, caste, cates, cento, cents, cesta, cesti, cines, cions, cites, coast, coati, coats, coins, comae, comas, comes, comet, comte, cones, conte, coset, cosie, costa, cotan, cotes, emits, enact, entia, eosin, escot, etnas, icons, inset, iotas, items, maces, macon, mains, maist, manes, manic, manos, manse, mason, mates, matin, means, meant, meats, mensa, menta, mesic, meson, metis, micas, miens, minae, minas, mince, mines, mints, mites, moans, moats, moist, monas, monie, monte, moste, motes, names, nates, neats, neist, nemas, nites, noise, nomas, nomes, notes, oaten, ocean, octan, omens, omits, onces, onset, ontic, osmic, ostia, saice, saint, santo, satem, satin, scant, scena, scent, scion, scone, senti, seton, since, smite, smote, sonic, stain, stane, steam, stein, steno, stime, stoae, stoai, stoic, stoma, stone, taces, tacos, tains, tames, tamis, teams, tenia, times, tinea, tines, toeas, toman, tomes, tones, tonic.
	-5 letters: aces, acme, acne, acts, aeon, aims, ains, aits, amen, amie, amin, amis, anes, anis, ante, anti, ants, asci, ates, atom, cain, came, cams, cane, cans, cant, case, cast, cate, cats, cent, ciao, cine, cion, cist, cite, coat, coin, coma, come, cone, coni, cons, cost, cote, cots, east, eats, emic, emit, eons, etas, etic, etna, ices, icon, into, ions, iota, item, mace, macs, maes, main, mane, mano, mans, mast, mate, mats, mean, meat, meno, mesa, meta, mica, mice, mien, mina, mine, mint, mise, miso, mist, mite, moan, moas, moat, mocs, mons, most.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-m-n-o-s-t"
	+1 letter: cremations, encomiasts, manticores.
	+2 letters: actinomyces, colemanites, contumacies, cosmetician, creationism, decimations, emaciations, encomiastic, importances, macerations, macintoshes, medications, miscreation, nematocides, romanticise, semiotician.
	+3 letters: actinometers, amylopectins, anecdotalism, anticonsumer, cementations, centimorgans, commentaries, commonalties, communicates, compensating, compensation, compensative, conservatism, consummative, containments, contaminates, cosmeticians, craniotomies, creationisms, declamations, demarcations, dominatrices, emancipators, emasculation, embrocations, euchromatins, exclamations, gastrocnemii, gynecomastia, importancies, imprecations, isoenzymatic, mackintoshes, maledictions, malefactions, mercurations, metafictions, metrications, miscaptioned, miscreations, miseducation, reclamations, recombinants, romanticised, romanticises, romanticizes, sanctimonies, sectionalism, semimonastic, semioticians, somnifacient, tumefactions.
	+4 letters: actinometries, actinomycetes, actinomycoses, amniocenteses, amniocentesis, amphictyonies, anecdotalisms, anisometropic, anticonsumers, biometricians, ceremonialist, combativeness, commendations, commiserating, commiseration, commonalities, communalities, communicatees, compassionate, compellations, compensations, complexations, conceptualism, concomitances, condemnations, conservatisms, counterclaims, counterimages, craniometries, customariness, documentalist, documentaries, documentarist, domesticating, domestication, emancipations, emasculations, eudaemonistic, galactosamine, gastrocnemius, geometricians, gonadectomies, gynecomastias, idiomaticness, incompatibles, indomethacins, intercompares, kleptomaniacs, magnetostatic, manufactories, medicamentous, miscegenation, miseducations, neoplasticism, nicotinamides, nonsystematic, paramountcies, racemizations, sectionalisms, semitonically, somnifacients, spermatogenic, superromantic, unimportances, vasectomizing.
	+5 letters: accompaniments, accomplishment, acetaminophens, actinomorphies, actinomycetous, aerodynamicist, antimetabolics, appendectomies, carcinomatoses, catecholamines, ceremonialists, cholestyramine, cinematographs, cliometricians, commemorations, commensuration, commiserations, compassionated, compassionates, compatibleness, compensability, compensational, conceptualisms, contemplations, contemplatives, contemporaries, cytotaxonomies, decamethoniums, decompensating, decompensation, decontaminates, discouragement, documentalists, documentarians, documentarists, documentations, dogmaticalness, domestications, emotionalistic, emulsification, exceptionalism, excommunicates, galactosamines, incommensurate, laryngectomies, macronutrients, magnetospheric, mechanizations, mercerizations, metafictionist, methodicalness, microanatomies, microfilaments, miscegenations, miscorrelation, monotheistical, neoplasticisms, nonmechanistic, nonsymmetrical, pinealectomies, reactionaryism, recombinations, recompilations, recomputations, recontaminates, recriminations, schematization, semifunctional, thermodynamics, triamcinolones, trichomoniases, undomesticated, vermiculations.
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