laureate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
Types & categories
- honoree hypernym
- Nobelist hyponym
- poet laureate hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
worthy of the greatest honor or distinction
The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag
Related & opposite
- honourable similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | honoree |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Nobelist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | poet laureate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | honourable |