trophy
Champion's gilded keepsake
A trophy is an object awarded as a prize for winning a competition—typically a cup, plaque, or figurine: The team hoisted the championship trophy.
By extension, trophy describes anything kept as a symbol of victory or achievement: a hunter's trophy antlers, a trophy wife displayed as evidence of success.
To trophy is to collect such symbols, often with connotations of showing off.
Small drinking container
- medalMetal honor token
- plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
- ribbonSlender ornamental strip
- championshipCompetition for top rank
title · prize · medallion · badge · decoration · podium · engraving · pedestal
Resounding, celebrated victory
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- gloryExalted honor and praise
- successFavorable outcome attained
milestone · pinnacle · accomplishment · feat · crown · champion · winner · medalist
Preserving animal skins lifelike
One's relative position
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
accolade · esteem · renown · symbol · validation · proof · credential · showpiece
Token from a trip
- mementoToken of recollection
- keepsakeItem preserved for sentiment
- commemorativeHonoring past events
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
remembrance · memorabilia · reminder · symbol · momento · collection · display · sentimental
cup
Small drinking container
championship · title · prize · medallion · badge · decoration · podium · engraving · pedestal · gold
triumph
Resounding, celebrated victory
success · milestone · pinnacle · accomplishment · feat · crown · champion · winner · medalist · titleholder
taxidermy
Preserving animal skins lifelike
head · hide · pelt · game · kill · specimen · horns · buck · elk · moose
status
One's relative position
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
honor · accolade · esteem · renown · symbol · validation · proof · credential · showpiece · centerpiece
souvenir
Token from a trip
- mementoToken of recollection
- keepsakeItem preserved for sentiment
- commemorativeHonoring past events
token · remembrance · memorabilia · reminder · symbol · momento · collection · display · sentimental · treasure
vintage
Quality from past eras
figurine · signed · authenticated · valuable · prized · collector · auction
- athleticsrunning, basketball, jumping, football, sprinting
- competitioncompete, competitor, contender, winner, sports
- game termslevel, score, player, win, lose
- Soccergoal, soccer, pass, football, goalkeeper
- Auto Racingrace cars, racetrack, race driver, pit stop, racing teams
- Football ClubsChelsea FC, club badge, squad, club crest, club president
trophydisgrace
Loss of honor
shame · dishonor · stigma · badge of shame · scarlet letter
trophyconsolation prize
Award for losing participants
wooden spoon · last place · booby prize · honorable mention · letdown
- trophy wifeSpouse chosen for appearance
- trophy wivesAttractive partners as status symbols
- trophy caseCabinet for prizes
- wicked stepmother tropeHostile replacement mother figure
- participation trophiesPrizes for mere involvement
- participation trophyAward for mere involvement
trophies, trope, atrophy, tropic, entropy, hypertrophy, atrophying, heliotrope, atrophied