prestigious awards
Coveted recognition trophies
Prestigious awards are honors carrying significant status and recognition within a field.
The phrase often appears in résumés, press releases, and promotional materials, sometimes inflated to describe minor distinctions: She has won numerous prestigious awards for her research.
What counts as prestigious depends on who's evaluating—an Oscar matters in film, a Nobel in science, but neither impresses everyone equally.
- Emmy AwardsTelevision industry honors
- medalMetal honor token
- Nobel PrizeHighest academic honor
- winnerOne who prevails
- trophyAward for winning
Grammy Awards · Pulitzer Prize · Rhodes Scholarship · Tony Awards · Heisman Trophy · hall of fame · honor · nominee · prizes · Olympic medals · nomination · podium · Oscar · acceptance speech · standing ovation · statue · gala · black tie
prestigious awardsparticipation trophies
Prizes for mere involvement
consolation prizes · booby prizes · attendance awards · honorable mentions
prestigious awardspublic shaming
Communal reputational punishment
dishonorable discharge · disgrace · notoriety · infamy · censure