with honors
Graduating with praise
With honors describes academic achievement above the standard level, typically appearing on diplomas or at graduation ceremonies: She graduated with honors.
The designation usually requires maintaining a grade point average above a set threshold.
In some systems, distinctions like cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude specify degrees of honors.
- cum laudeAcademic distinction phrase
- valedictorianTop-ranked graduating student
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- dean's listAcademic achievement recognition
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
college graduate · graduating class · diploma · ceremony · cap and gown · tassel · academic · excellence · achievement · merit · scholarly · GPA · academic achievement · commencement · salutatorian · top of class · class rank · thesis
- success idiomshit the jackpot, strike gold, make it, rags to riches, come out on top
- degree honorsthird class, cum laude, magna cum laude, summa cum laude, distinction
- Congratulationscongrats, congratulations, well done, good job, great job
with honorsdishonorably
In shameful manner
without distinction · ignominiously · by the skin of one's teeth · unremarkably · just barely
with honorsdropping out
Leaving before completion
expelled · incomplete · withdrew · DNF
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