prestigious award
Top recognition prize
A prestigious award is a prize or honor that carries significant status and recognition within a field.
The prestige comes from the award's history, selectivity, or the reputation of past recipients: She won the most prestigious award in journalism.
Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, and Academy Awards exemplify prestigious awards in their respective domains.
- Booker PrizeBritish literary fiction award
- Nobel PrizeHighest academic honor
- lifetime achievementAward for career-long excellence
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- nomination processMethod for choosing candidates
Pulitzer Prize · exclusivity · cultural significance · humanitarian work · peer recognition · selection committee · rarity · winner · literature · ethical standards · BAFTA · black tie event · honorary titles · knighthood · gold medal · medal · engraved · Oscar
prestigious awardparticipation trophy
Award for mere involvement
consolation prize · booby prize · honorable mention · door prize · empty title
prestigious awardcriminal conviction
Legal determination of guilt
sanction · penalty · dishonorable discharge · censure · indictment