Complimentary
adjective
Given free as a courtesy or favour.
They offer complimentary breakfast at the hotel.
Often appears as...
- complimentary service
- complimentary ticket
adjective
Expressing a compliment or praise.
She received a complimentary letter from the manager.
Often appears as...
- complimentary remarks
- complimentary feedback
adjective
Making a good combination with something or someone else.
Red and green are complimentary colours.
Often appears as...
- complimentary colours
- complimentary pair
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Given free as a courtesy or favour.
They offer complimentary breakfast at the hotel.
Often appears as...
- complimentary service
- complimentary ticket
adjective
Expressing a compliment or praise.
She received a complimentary letter from the manager.
Often appears as...
- complimentary remarks
- complimentary feedback
adjective
Making a good combination with something or someone else.
Red and green are complimentary colours.
Often appears as...
- complimentary colours
- complimentary pair
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Hospitality Context
Often used in hotels, restaurants, and events to mean services included without extra charge.
The spa access is complimentary for all our guests.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Free
'Complimentary' implies free, but it might be included in a larger package or overall price.
Your meal comes with a complimentary glass of wine.
Pro Tip 3/3Marketing Strategy
Businesses use 'complimentary' items to attract customers or enhance service perception.
Sign up today and receive a complimentary tote bag!
Pro Tip 1/3Hospitality Context
Often used in hotels, restaurants, and events to mean services included without extra charge.
The spa access is complimentary for all our guests.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Free
'Complimentary' implies free, but it might be included in a larger package or overall price.
Your meal comes with a complimentary glass of wine.
Pro Tip 3/3Marketing Strategy
Businesses use 'complimentary' items to attract customers or enhance service perception.
Sign up today and receive a complimentary tote bag!
Pro Tip 1/3Hospitality Context
Often used in hotels, restaurants, and events to mean services included without extra charge.
The spa access is complimentary for all our guests.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Free
'Complimentary' implies free, but it might be included in a larger package or overall price.
Your meal comes with a complimentary glass of wine.
Pro Tip 3/3Marketing Strategy
Businesses use 'complimentary' items to attract customers or enhance service perception.
Sign up today and receive a complimentary tote bag!
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Video examples
How do geckos defy...
The spatulae flatten, creating lots of surface area for their positively and negatively charged patches to find complimentary patches on the ceiling. Each spatula only contributes a minuscule amount of that van der Waals stickiness. But a gecko has about two billion of them, creating enough combined force to support its weight.
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Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
and he was very complimentary about the people who work with you, said that it's a really impassioned group of employees who are seeking to do the right thing, and that the problems have come from
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These Mini-Ships Teach...
learning experience we try to concentrate on what is more difficult to do on the simulator so in order to be complimentary the difference may be found especially in what seafarers
Video examples
How do geckos defy...
The spatulae flatten, creating lots of surface area for their positively and negatively charged patches to find complimentary patches on the ceiling. Each spatula only contributes a minuscule amount of that van der Waals stickiness. But a gecko has about two billion of them, creating enough combined force to support its weight.
Video examples
Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
and he was very complimentary about the people who work with you, said that it's a really impassioned group of employees who are seeking to do the right thing, and that the problems have come from
Video examples
These Mini-Ships Teach...
learning experience we try to concentrate on what is more difficult to do on the simulator so in order to be complimentary the difference may be found especially in what seafarers
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Michael Ealy
American Actor
For the most part, I meet people who are like 'I really like your work. I'm watching your career. I want to see you do well. Keep doing what you do.' I get that so much, and it's so reassuring. I often wish that so many people, who just work normal jobs, could get a pat on the back as much as I do, because it's very complimentary.
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Yngwie Malmsteen
Swedish Musician
The biggest mistake people make about me is that they see me as some sort of god-like figure with a big ego. If I see a button, a T-shirt, that says, 'Yngwie is God,' I just look at it as a complimentary way of people telling me they like me. Although it's very flattering, it doesn't change the way I look at myself.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word 'pessimist' was not in our vocabulary at that time. It's a modern 'invention' which I believe we should 'dis-invent.
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Gary Numan
British Musician
Any time anyone says anything nice about me, whether it's Lady Gaga or your neighbor, it's a nice feeling, I'm very grateful for it. It's very helpful for your career. Every time someone says something complimentary it introduces you to their audience. It gives you credibility.
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Samuel R. Delany
American Author
I spend a lot of time thinking, if not daydreaming. People think of me as a genre writer, and a genre writer is supposed to be prolific. Since that's how people perceive me, they have to say I'm prolific. But I don't find that either complimentary or accurate.
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Tom Scholz
American Musician
The one thing I will say for digital, and you won't hear me say that many complimentary things about it, is that it's cheap. It pretty much enables anybody to record as long as you can deal with the sound.
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Whitney Wolfe Herd
American Businesswoman
When I left Tinder, I had no intention of getting back into the dating industry. What I ultimately wanted to do was start this contagious complimentary social network, where kindness was at the helm.
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Jon Crosby
American Musician
I think any band we played with would be a weird match. We're on our own, a little out there, but it's a good thing. I think we're complimentary to each other.
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Naveen Jain
Indian Businessman
It's a simple fact: no individual can be good at everything. Everyone needs people around them who have complimentary sets of skills.
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Tom Skerritt
American Actor
Just being hired by a great director is complimentary.
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Michael Ealy
American Actor
For the most part, I meet people who are like 'I really like your work. I'm watching your career. I want to see you do well. Keep doing what you do.' I get that so much, and it's so reassuring. I often wish that so many people, who just work normal jobs, could get a pat on the back as much as I do, because it's very complimentary.
Quote examples
Yngwie Malmsteen
Swedish Musician
The biggest mistake people make about me is that they see me as some sort of god-like figure with a big ego. If I see a button, a T-shirt, that says, 'Yngwie is God,' I just look at it as a complimentary way of people telling me they like me. Although it's very flattering, it doesn't change the way I look at myself.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word 'pessimist' was not in our vocabulary at that time. It's a modern 'invention' which I believe we should 'dis-invent.
Quote examples
Gary Numan
British Musician
Any time anyone says anything nice about me, whether it's Lady Gaga or your neighbor, it's a nice feeling, I'm very grateful for it. It's very helpful for your career. Every time someone says something complimentary it introduces you to their audience. It gives you credibility.
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Samuel R. Delany
American Author
I spend a lot of time thinking, if not daydreaming. People think of me as a genre writer, and a genre writer is supposed to be prolific. Since that's how people perceive me, they have to say I'm prolific. But I don't find that either complimentary or accurate.
Quote examples
Tom Scholz
American Musician
The one thing I will say for digital, and you won't hear me say that many complimentary things about it, is that it's cheap. It pretty much enables anybody to record as long as you can deal with the sound.
Quote examples
Whitney Wolfe Herd
American Businesswoman
When I left Tinder, I had no intention of getting back into the dating industry. What I ultimately wanted to do was start this contagious complimentary social network, where kindness was at the helm.
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Jon Crosby
American Musician
I think any band we played with would be a weird match. We're on our own, a little out there, but it's a good thing. I think we're complimentary to each other.
Quote examples
Naveen Jain
Indian Businessman
It's a simple fact: no individual can be good at everything. Everyone needs people around them who have complimentary sets of skills.
Quote examples
Tom Skerritt
American Actor
Just being hired by a great director is complimentary.
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