<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book</li><li>Synonyms: condone, approve</li><li>Antonyms: condemn</li><li>to represent or urge as advisable or expedient: to recommend caution</li><li>to advise, as an alternative; suggest (a choice, course of action, etc.) as appropriate, beneficial, or the like: He recommended the blue-plate special; The doctor recommended special exercises for her</li><li>Synonyms: counsel</li><li>to make desirable or attractive: a plan that has very little to recommend it</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to make a recommendation</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Informal: a recommendation</li></ul>