laureate
Officially recognized master
A laureate is someone honored for exceptional achievement in a field.
The word appears most often in compounds: a Nobel laureate, a poet laureate.
The poet laureate holds an official position, appointed to compose verses for state occasions.
As an adjective, laureate means crowned with laurel as a mark of distinction—from the ancient practice of honoring victors and poets with laurel wreaths.
Successful completion of aim
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- meritDeserved praise-worthiness
pinnacle · crowning achievement · recognition · accolade · award · medal · title · honors
Highest academic honor
- StockholmSweden's seat of government
- Alfred NobelExplosives inventor, prize founder
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- literatureBody of written works
physics · chemistry · medicine · economics · ceremony · Oslo · December · lecture
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- garlandDecorative strand of foliage
- bay leavesDried aromatic culinary herb
- olive branchSymbol of reconciliation
- chapletDecorative head wreath
circlet · headpiece · ancient Greece · Apollo · Daphne · victor's crown · coronation · adornment
One who receives something
- awardeePrize recipient
- prizewinnerOne who earns recognition
- inducteeOne formally admitted
- fellowMan or companion
dignitary · decorated · acknowledged · esteemed · acclaimed · celebrated · distinguished · eminent
accomplishment
Successful completion of aim
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
merit · pinnacle · crowning achievement · recognition · accolade · award · medal · title · honors · commendation
Nobel Prize
Highest academic honor
- StockholmSweden's seat of government
- Alfred NobelExplosives inventor, prize founder
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
literature · physics · chemistry · medicine · economics · ceremony · Oslo · December · lecture · discovery
crown
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- garlandDecorative strand of foliage
- bay leavesDried aromatic culinary herb
- olive branchSymbol of reconciliation
chaplet · circlet · headpiece · ancient Greece · Apollo · Daphne · victor's crown · coronation · adornment · evergreen
recipient
One who receives something
- awardeePrize recipient
- prizewinnerOne who earns recognition
- inducteeOne formally admitted
fellow · dignitary · decorated · acknowledged · esteemed · acclaimed · celebrated · distinguished · eminent · renowned
verse
Metered poetic passage
ballad · rhyme · meter · stanza · bard · poetry · lyric · epic · couplet · quatrain
- poetspoet, Homer, Dante, Milton, Emily Dickinson
- English LiteratureShakespeare, Dickens, Jane Austen, Bronte, Chaucer
- achieversachiever, high achiever, overachiever, go-getter, striver
- honoreeshonoree, honorees, award winner, awardee, awardees
- Nobel PrizeAlfred Nobel, Nobel Committee, Stockholm, Oslo, peace prize
- notable figurespolitical leaders, historical figures, dignitary, luminary, presidents
- poet laureateOfficial state verse maker
- Nobel laureatesRecipients of prestigious Swedish awards
- us poet laureate