Nobel
Swedish prize surname
Nobel refers to the prizes established by Alfred Nobel's will, awarded annually for outstanding contributions to physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace, and economics.
The name functions as a modifier: Nobel Prize, Nobel laureate, Nobel committee.
Winning one—or being tipped to win—confers extraordinary prestige: She's been mentioned for the Nobel.
The peace prize in particular generates controversy over selections.
Celebrated achievement recipient
- awardHonor given for merit
- medalMetal honor token
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- StockholmSweden's seat of government
banquet · diploma · gold · committee · nomination · announcement · acceptance · speech
Science of matter and energy
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- medicineCurative substance or practice
- physiologyScience of bodily functions
- laureateCelebrated achievement recipient
discovery · research · breakthrough · laboratory · theory · Curie · Einstein · DNA
Powerful blasting compound
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
bequest · testament · Sweden · patent · benefactor · fortune · estate · industrialist
Antiwar moral stance
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
disarmament · humanitarianism · Oslo · activism · conflict resolution · human rights · Mandela · Mother Teresa
Creator of written works
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- poetWriter of verse
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- Toni Morrison"Song of Solomon"
storytelling · prose · poetry · narrative · literary · manuscript · oeuvre · humanistic
laureate
Celebrated achievement recipient
Stockholm · banquet · diploma · gold · committee · nomination · announcement · acceptance · speech · October
physics
Science of matter and energy
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- medicineCurative substance or practice
- physiologyScience of bodily functions
laureate · discovery · research · breakthrough · laboratory · theory · Curie · Einstein · DNA · quantum
dynamite
Powerful blasting compound
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- foundationUnderlying support structure
philanthropy · bequest · testament · Sweden · patent · benefactor · fortune · estate · industrialist · invention
pacifism
Antiwar moral stance
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
mediation · disarmament · humanitarianism · Oslo · activism · conflict resolution · human rights · Mandela · Mother Teresa · MLK
author
Creator of written works
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- poetWriter of verse
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
Toni Morrison · storytelling · prose · poetry · narrative · literary · manuscript · oeuvre · humanistic · idealistic
- 1800s FiguresDarwin, Marx, Dickens, Beethoven, Napoleon
- EponymsDarwinian, Alzheimer's disease, Freudian slip, cardigan, Parkinson's disease
- Nordic ScholarsCarl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, Niels Bohr, Bohr, Celsius
- ScandinaviaNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
- recompensasbonus, copa, corona, Grammy, Oscar
- ScandinavianDenmark, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Norse mythology, Icelandic sagas
NobelDarwin Award
Prize for fatal self-removal
obscurity · Razzie · participation trophy · anonymity · unrecognized
Nobelwar criminal
Violator of combat laws
infamy · notoriety · disgrace · ignominy · condemnation
- Nobel PrizeHighest academic honor
- Nobel Peace PrizeHonor for advancing harmony
- Nobel Prize nomineePerson considered for prestigious award
- nobel prize in physics
- Nobel laureatesRecipients of prestigious Swedish awards
- Alfred NobelExplosives inventor, prize founder
Nobel Prize, Alfred Nobel, Nobel laureates, Nobel laureate, Nobel Prizes