awards

NOUN

prize or reward

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accolade citation decision donation endowment gift gold grant honor presentation scholarship trophy verdict

STRONG

adjudication allotment bestowal conferment conferral decoration decree distinction order

WEAK

feather in cap gold star

Antonyms

STRONGEST

forfeit loss

VERB

give prize or reward

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allocate allot assign bestow confer distribute donate grant hand out present reward

STRONG

accord adjudge apportion concede decree endow gift render

WEAK

dish out fork out shell out sweeten the kitty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

keep refuse take withhold

STRONG

disagree

Example Sentences

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The only sound was the splashing of waves against the Zenith’s hull and the halyards making music against the mast in the breeze.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022

Electric bulbs twine the bridges’ steel halyards that both hoist you up and light your way.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2014

It is dawn and a stiff breeze is rattling the halyards on the masts in Arbroath Harbour.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2014

Much more likely to be halyards I think.

From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2013

Nimbly they ran to push the fir pole high and step it firm amidships in the box, make fast the forestays, and hoist aloft the white sail on its halyards.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer