Meanings
plural testimonials
- A (usually written) recommendation of someone's worth or character.
The company website features a customer testimonial.
1 more example
"Then why don't you take him into the parlour?" grumbled the ex-driver. His face was a testimonial of hard work and general sobriety but at the moment one might hazard from his voice and manner that he had been drinking earlier in the day.
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados - A tribute given in appreciation of someone's service etc.
He gave a moving testimonial at the retirement dinner.
- ball gamesA match played in tribute to a particular player (who sometimes receives a proportion of the gate money).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomething that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latintestimonium“testimony”
- Late Latintestimonialis“of or pertaining to testimony”
- Frenchtestimonial
- Englishtestimonial
From French testimonial, from Late Latin testimonialis (“of or pertaining to testimony”), from Latin testimonium (“testimony”). See testimony.
More words from French, Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian препоръ́ка, свиде́телство
- препоръ́ка (preporắka)written recommendation
- свиде́телство (svidételstvo)tribute of someone's service
- проща́лен мач (proštálen mač)football: match played in tribute to a player
Chinese Mandarin 證明 /证明
- 證明 /证明 (zhèngmíng)written recommendation
Finnish suositus, työtodistus
- suosituswritten recommendation
- työtodistustribute of someone's service
- palvelustodistustribute of someone's service
- juhlaottelufootball: match played in tribute to a player
German Anerkennungsschreiben, Empfehlungsschreiben
- Anerkennungsschreibenwritten recommendation
- Empfehlungsschreibenwritten recommendation
- Testimonialwritten recommendation
- Dienstzeugnistribute of someone's service
- Leistungszeugnistribute of someone's service
- Referenztribute of someone's service
- Testimonialtribute of someone's service
- Abschiedsspielfootball: match played in tribute to a player
Irish teistiméireacht
- teistiméireachtwritten recommendation
Japanese 推薦状
- 推薦状 (suisenjō)written recommendation
Korean 추천장
- 추천장 (chucheonjang)written recommendation
Māori kupu tautoko
- kupu tautokowritten recommendation
Romanian recomandare scrisă, atestat
- recomandare scrisăwritten recommendation
- atestatwritten recommendation
- dovadăwritten recommendation
- atestattribute of someone's service
- referințătribute of someone's service
- dovadătribute of someone's service
Russian рекоменда́ция, характери́стика
- рекоменда́ция (rekomendácija)written recommendation
- характери́стика (xarakterístika)written recommendation
- о́тзыв (ótzyv)written recommendation
- свиде́тельство (svidételʹstvo)tribute of someone's service
Spanish testimoniales, atestados
- testimonialeswritten recommendation
- atestadoswritten recommendation
- hablar de la benevolencia dewritten recommendation
- letras comunicatoriaswritten recommendation
Swedish intyg
- intygwritten recommendation
Turkish bonservis, şehâdetnâme
- bonserviswritten recommendation
- şehâdetnâmewritten recommendation
- başarı belgesitribute of someone's service
- onay belgesitribute of someone's service
- taktirnâmetribute of someone's service
- tastiknâmetribute of someone's service
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with testimonial
All rhymes →Cite this entry
testimonial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/testimonial
“testimonial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/testimonial. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “testimonial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/testimonial.
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