award
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a grant made by a law court
he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- law domain topic
Sense 2 verb
give, especially as an honor or reward
bestow honors and prizes at graduation
Types & categories
- allocate hypernym
- certificate hyponym
- bestow hyponym
Related & opposite
- presentation derivation
- honor derivation
- prize derivation
Sense 3 noun
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
an award for bravery
Types & categories
- symbol hypernym
- trophy hyponym
- aliyah hyponym
- academic degree hyponym
- pennant hyponym
- cachet hyponym
- citation hyponym
- honorable mention hyponym
- varsity letter hyponym
- laurel wreath hyponym
- trophy hyponym
- Emmy hyponym
- Nobel prize hyponym
- Academy Award hyponym
- Prix de Rome hyponym
- Prix Goncourt hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
give as judged due or on the basis of merit
the referee awarded a free kick to the team
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
the prize was a free trip to Europe
Types & categories
- gift hypernym
- scholarship hyponym
- fellowship hyponym
- gratuity hyponym
- door prize hyponym
- jackpot hyponym
- prize money hyponym
- premium hyponym
Related & opposite
- award derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | grant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | addiction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | presentation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | honor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prize |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | allocate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | certificate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bestow |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | award |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | reward |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | honorary |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | symbol |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | trophy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | aliyah |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | academic degree |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pennant |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cachet |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | citation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | honorable mention |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | varsity letter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | laurel wreath |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | trophy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Emmy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Nobel prize |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Academy Award |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Prix de Rome |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Prix Goncourt |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | grantee |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | grant |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | give |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pension |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | award |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | gift |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | scholarship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | fellowship |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | gratuity |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | door prize |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | jackpot |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | prize money |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | premium |