All award synonyms
aΒ·ward
A a noun award
- trophy β anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- gold β Herbert, born 1924, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- gift β gamete intrafallopian transfer: a laparoscopic process in which eggs are retrieved from an ovary by aspiration and inserted, along with sperm, into the fallopian tube of another woman.
- grant β to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- presentation β an act of presenting.
- decision β When you make a decision, you choose what should be done or which is the best of various possible actions.
- citation β A citation is an official document or speech which praises a person for something brave or special that they have done.
- donation β an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
- accolade β If someone is given an accolade, something is done or said about them which shows how much people admire them.
- verdict β Law. the finding or answer of a jury given to the court concerning a matter submitted to their judgment.
- honor β honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- scholarship β learning; knowledge acquired by study; the academic attainments of a scholar.
- decree β A decree is an official order or decision, especially one made by the ruler of a country.
- conferral β a conferring of an honor, degree, or favor; bestowal
- adjudication β the act of adjudicating
- decoration β The decoration of a room is its furniture, wallpaper, and ornaments.
- bestowal β to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- allotment β In Britain, an allotment is a small area of land in a town which a person rents to grow plants and vegetables on.
- distinction β a marking off or distinguishing as different: His distinction of sounds is excellent.
- conferment β to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation.
- order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- prize β leverage.
- honour β to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
- medal β a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like: a gold medal for the best swimmer.
- determination β Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
- judgment β an act or instance of judging.
- settlement β the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
- gold star β a gold-colored star displayed, as on a service flag, to indicate that a member of one's family, organization, or the like, was killed in war as a member of the armed forces.
verb award
- reward β a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- distribute β to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- confer β When you confer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people confer.
- hand out β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- bestow β To bestow something on someone means to give or present it to them.
- allot β If something is allotted to someone, it is given to them as their share.
- donate β to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
- assign β If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do.
- present β being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
- allocate β If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose.
- accord β An accord between countries or groups of people is a formal agreement, for example to end a war.
- apportion β When you apportion something such as blame, you decide how much of it different people deserve or should be given.
- render β to cause to be or become; make: to render someone helpless.
- concede β If you concede something, you admit, often unwillingly, that it is true or correct.
- adjudge β If someone is adjudged to be something, they are judged or considered to be that thing.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- dish out β an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- shell out β a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
- fork out β an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.