medals
Awards for achievement
Medals are metal discs awarded for achievement, service, or commemoration.
Athletes receive gold, silver, and bronze medals; soldiers earn medals for valor or campaigns.
The verb medal means to win a medal in competition: She medaled in three events at the Olympics.
To medal someone is to honor them with one.
Element seventy-nine
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- championTop competitor, or advocate
victory · ceremony · trophy · winner · achievement · recognition · triumph · honors
Slender ornamental strip
- pinPointed metal fastener
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- emblemRepresentational sign or device
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
sash · clasp · lanyard · engraving · presentation · case · display · chest
Aid or maintenance
- valorCourage in danger
- braveryBoldness before danger
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
Purple Heart · Bronze Star · veteran · combat · honor · decoration · commendation · distinguished
gold
Element seventy-nine
champion · victory · ceremony · trophy · winner · achievement · recognition · triumph · honors · glory
ribbon
Slender ornamental strip
regalia · sash · clasp · lanyard · engraving · presentation · case · display · chest · neck
service
Aid or maintenance
gallantry · Purple Heart · Bronze Star · veteran · combat · honor · decoration · commendation · distinguished · campaign
mint
Aromatic culinary herb
- mintingProducing official currency
- commemorativeHonoring past events
- tokensCurrency substitutes
numismatics · rare · antique · collector · coin · engraved · display · auction · patina
- track and fieldtrack and field, sprinters, sprinter, sprinting, sprint
- athlete biographyearly life, childhood, training, career highlights, championships
- athlete lifestyletraining, workouts, gym, practice, recovery
- awardsaward, awards, winner, winners, prize
- Field Daysack race, three-legged race, relay race, tug of war, egg and spoon race
- honorsaward, trophy, certificate, prize, ribbon
medalsdisgrace
Loss of honor
dishonor · shame · dishonorable discharge · demerits · infamy
medalspunishments
Sanctions for misconduct
penalties · sanctions · fines · suspensions · bans
medalsdefeats
Overcomes or bests
losses · last place · elimination · wooden spoon · disqualification
- gold medalsPrizes for first place
- silver medalRunner-up's award
- bronze medalAward for third
- gold medalistsCompetition's first-place victors
- Olympic medalAward for elite athletes
- war medalsAwards for military valor
medal, medallion, medalist, gold medalist, medaled, medaling, medallist, medalists, medallions