WordWeb Online

1. Expressing or manifesting praise or approval
   "an approving nod";
   - affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive

1. The formal act of approving
   "he gave the project his approving";
   - blessing, approval

1. Give permission or approval for something
   "I will approve his educational policies";
   - O.K., okay, sanction, greenlight, OK, green-light
    
2. Judge to be right or commendable; think well of

See also: favorable [US], favourable [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: authorise [Brit], authorize, clear, evaluate, judge, pass, pass judgment, support

Antonym: disapprove, reject

Encyclopedia: Approve