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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prize or reward |
| Synonyms: | accolade, adjudication, allotment, bestowal, citation, conferment, conferral, decision, decoration, decree, distinction, donation, endowment, feather in cap, gift, gold, gold star, grant, honor, order, presentation, scholarship, trophy, verdict |
| Notes: | an award is something awarded or granted, as for merit; a reward is something given or received in recompense for worthy behavior or in retribution for evil acts |
| Main Entry: | laurels |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | credit, praise |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, accolade, award, badge, bays, blue ribbon, commendation, crown, decoration, distinction, fame, feather in cap, glory, gold, gold star, kudos, prestige, recognition, renown, reward |
| Antonyms: | criticism |
| Main Entry: | prize |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | award, winnings |
| Synonyms: | accolade, acquirement, acquisition, advantage, blue ribbon, bonus, bounty, cake*, capture, carrot, championship, citation, crown, decoration, dividend, feather in cap, first place, gold star, gold*, gravy, guerdon, haul, honor, inducement, jackpot, laurel, loot*, medal, meed, payoff, pickings, pillage, plum, plunder*, possession, premium, privilege, purse, recompense, requital, reward, scholarship, spoil, spoils, stakes, strokes, swag*, title, trophy, windfall |
| Antonyms: | blame, punishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment, prize |
| Synonyms: | accolade, award, benefit, bonus, bounty, carrot, comeuppance, compensation, crown*, cue, dividend, feather in cap, fringe benefit, gain, garland, goodies, gravy, grease, guerdon, honor, just deserts, meed, merit, perks, plum, premium, profit, punishment, recompense, remuneration, repayment, requital, retribution, return, salve, strokes, sweetener, tip, wages |
| Notes: | an award is something awarded or granted, as for merit; a reward is something given or received in recompense for worthy behavior or in retribution for evil acts |
| Antonyms: | penalty, punishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | triumph |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | victory, achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, ascendancy, attainment, big hit, big win, cinch, clean sweep, conquest, coup, feat, feather in cap, gain, grand slam, hit, hole in one, homer, pushover, riot, score, sell, sensation, shoo-in, smash-hit, splash, success, sure bet, sure thing, surmounting, takeover, the gold, tour de force, vanquishing, vanquishment, walkover, win |
| Antonyms: | disaster, failure, forfeit, loss |
| Main Entry: | victory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | win, success |
| Synonyms: | achievement, advantage, ascendancy, bull's-eye, clean sweep, conquest, control, defeat, defeating, destruction, dominion, feather in cap, gain, grand slam, hit, hole in one, killing*, laurels, mission accomplished, overthrow, prize, subjugation, superiority, supremacy, sweep, the gold, triumph, upper hand, upset, winning |
| Antonyms: | defeat, failure, forfeit, loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crowning achievement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | success story |
| Synonyms: | Meisterstuck, best seller, bull's-eye, chef d'oeuvre, classic, coup, crowning accomplishment, crowning stroke, feather in one's cap, grand slam, hole in one, home run, icing on the cake, masterpiece, masterwork, showpiece, smash hit, work of a master, work of a past master |
| Main Entry: | guerdon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reward |
| Synonyms: | accolade, appreciation, award, benefit, bonus, bounty, carrot, comeuppance, compensation, crown*, cue, dividend, feather in cap, fringe benefit, gain, garland, goodies, gravy, grease, honor, honorarium, just deserts, meed, merit, perks, plum, prem |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | Reward. |
| Category: | 5. Institutions |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, guerdon, reguerdon; price; indemnity, indemnification; compensation, reparation, redress; quittance; retribution, reckoning, acknowledgement, requital, amends, sop; atonement; consideration, return, quid pro quo; salvage, perquisite; vail (donation); douceur, bribe; hush money, smart money; blackmail; carcelage; solatium., allowance, salary, stipend, wages; pay, payment; emolument; tribute; batta, shot, scot; premium; fee, honorarium; hire; dasturi, dustoori; mileage., crown (decoration of honor).
-verbs
reward, recompense, repay, requite; remunerate, munerate; compensate; fee; pay one's footing (pay) [more]; make amends, indemnify, atone; satisfy, acknowledge., get for one's pains, reap the fruits of.
-adjectives
remunerative, remuneratory; munerary, compensatory, retributive, reparatory.
-phrases
fideli certa merces; honor virtutis praemium [Cicero]; tibi seris tibi metis.
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| Antonyms: | punishment |
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