complimentary

Given to you without asking you to pay.

• The hotel offers complimentary breakfast.
• We received two complimentary tickets to the concert.
• Are the drinks in this room complimentary?

Similar words: free, free of charge

Common phrases: complimentary breakfast, complimentary tickets, complimentary drinks, complimentary service

Saying good things about someone or something.

• She made a complimentary remark.
• The reviews were complimentary about his acting.
• He was less complimentary when he saw the finished painting.

How to use it: complimentary about someone/something (The teacher was very complimentary about your work.)

Similar words: praising, flattering, approving

Opposites: critical, uncomplimentary

Common phrases: complimentary remarks, complimentary about something, complimentary review

Describing the polite, formal words used to end a letter.

• Choose a suitable complimentary close.
• The complimentary closing comes before your signature.
• “Yours sincerely” is a common complimentary close in business letters.

Common phrases: complimentary close, complimentary closing