ACCOLADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accolade mean? 

• ACCOLADE (noun)
  The noun ACCOLADE has 1 sense:

1. a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

  Familiarity information: ACCOLADE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCOLADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

accolade; award; honor; honour; laurels

Context example:

an award for bravery

Hypernyms ("accolade" is a kind of...):

symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accolade"):

prize; trophy (something given as a token of victory)

aliyah ((Judaism) the honor of being called up to the reading desk in the synagogue to read from the Torah)

academic degree; degree (an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study)

crown; pennant (the award given to the champion)

cachet; seal; seal of approval (an indication of approved or superior status)

citation; commendation (an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement)

distinction (an honor awarded to someone in recognition of achievement or superiority)

honorable mention; mention (an official recognition of merit)

letter; varsity letter (an award earned by participation in a school sport)

decoration; laurel wreath; medal; medallion; palm; ribbon (an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event)

trophy (an award for success in war or hunting)

Emmy (an annual award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in television)

Nobel prize (an annual award for outstanding contributions to chemistry or physics or physiology and medicine or literature or economics or peace)

Academy Award; Oscar (an annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance)

Prix de Rome (an annual prize awarded by the French government in a competition of painters and artists and sculptors and musicians and architects; the winner in each category receives support for a period of study in Rome)

Prix Goncourt (an award given annually for contributions to French literature)

 Context examples 

Aylward, you are a trusty soldier, for all that your shoulder has never felt accolade, nor your heels worn the gold spurs.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

All kinds of good news and accolades are on the way to you in this extraordinary month.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He felt himself God's own mad lover, and no accolade of knighthood could have given him greater pride.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

When Venus leaves Aquarius and moves through Pisces from January 13 until February 7, you will garner considerable career accolades.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)