cordon bleu
blue ribbon
distinction
celebrity
fame
renown
laureling
monument
commendation
honorable mention
superb
garland
brilliant
crown
awardee
stature
standard
awarding
accoladed
earned
renownedness
quality
outstanding
emblematicalness
savant
impressivity
authoritative
gold star
impressiveness
definitive
majesty
reward
prestiged
honor
worth
honour
authoritativity
bragging rights
top-flight
decorate
prizelike
honoree
plateau
above the rim
plume
dubious honor
laurel
reveredness
gong
honouree
guerdon
magna cum laude
deserving
masterstroke
honorific
merit
formidable
classic
leetness
supreme
rockstar
distinguished
celestial
triumphancy
honorifical
accolade
transcendence
laudation
glorious
par excellence
level
izzat
award
premium
acquisition
cachet
redeem
capstone
recognized
great
credit
golden
eminence
hit one out of the ballpark
exploit
exemplarity
hardware
recommendation
rise
stupendous
medallurgy
feather in one's cap
aceness
sense
superb
brilliant
standard
accoladed
earned
outstanding
authoritative
definitive
prestiged
top-flight
prizelike
magna cum laude
deserving
honorific
formidable
supreme
distinguished
celestial
honorifical
glorious
recognized
golden
stupendous
par excellence
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blue ribbon
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celebrity
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laureling
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commendation
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quality
emblematicalness
savant
impressivity
gold star
impressiveness
majesty
worth
authoritativity
bragging rights
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plateau
plume
dubious honor
laurel
reveredness
honouree
guerdon
standard
masterstroke
merit
classic
leetness
rockstar
triumphancy
accolade
transcendence
laudation
level
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premium
acquisition
cachet
great
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noun
- An exceptional or proud achievement.
- A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
- Any grave marker.
- A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
- A surviving record.
- An important burial vault or tomb.
- A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
- A legal document.
- An important site owned by the community as a whole.
- A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
verb
noun
- An accolade or mark of honour.
- The top; the thing most prized.
- A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
- A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
- A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
- A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
- The crown of a monarch.
verb
noun
- Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
- A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.
- Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the koruna, kruna, krone, korona.
- A former pre-decimalization British coin worth five shillings.
- The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet
- A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening
- The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
- The highest part of a hill.
- A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
- The top section of a hat, above the brim.
- The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
- The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
- In American, a standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.
- The highest part of an arch.
- The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
- The top of a tree.
- The part of a tooth above the gums.
- A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
- In England, a standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.
- The dome of a furnace.
- The raised centre of a road.
- A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
- A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
- A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling
- Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
- The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
- The upper part of certain fruits, as the pineapple or strawberry, that is removed before eating.
- The topmost part of the head.
- The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.
- The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
- During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina
- A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location
- A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.
- A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
- Splendor; culmination; acme.
verb
- In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
- To place a crown on the head of.
- To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
- To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
- To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
- To hit on the head.
- To widen the opening of the barrel.
- To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
- To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
- To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
- To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
- Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
- being about to take a poop (usually trying to hold it in, derived from obstetric use: metaphor of "giving birth" to solid poo)
- To declare (someone) a winner.
adj
adj
- Having recognized excellence or authority.
- Having a manual transmission.
- Conforming to the standard variety.
- Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
- As normally supplied (not optional).
- Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
- Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
noun
- A level of quality or attainment.
- Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
- The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
- The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
- The sheth of a plough.
- A collar of mail protecting the neck.
- A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
- An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
- One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
- A sturdy, woody plant whose upright stem is used to graft a less hardy ornamental flowering plant on, rather then actually planting it.
- Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.
- A manual transmission vehicle.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
- A large drinking cup.
- standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language
- A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
- A musical work of established popularity.
- An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard.
- The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.
- Grade level in primary education.
intj
noun
- Level of excellence.
- The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.
- A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.
- Something that differentiates a thing or person.
- The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.
- In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
adj
noun
- A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward.
- The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
- Things resembling a feather.
- More fully gill plume: a feathery gill of some crustaceans and molluscs.
- The furry tail of certain dog breeds (such as the Samoyed) that curls over their backs or stands erect.
- A large and flexible panicle of an inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
- An arc of glowing material (chiefly gases) erupting from the surface of a star.
- A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.
- An upward spray of mist or water.
verb
- To congratulate (oneself) proudly, especially concerning something unimportant or when taking credit for another person's effort; to self-congratulate.
- Of a dispersed substance such as dust or smoke: to fan out or spread in a cloud.
- Chiefly of a bird: to arrange and preen the feathers of, specifically in preparation for flight; hence (figurative), to prepare for (something).
- To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes.
noun
- Honor, distinction, fame.
- An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
- A crown of laurel.
- Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
- Any plant of the family Lauraceae.
- Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.
verb
noun
- A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
- A claim to commendation or a reward.
- Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure; (by extension) the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
- Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
- The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment.
verb
noun
adj
adj
noun
- A special acknowledgment; an award.
- An embrace of greeting or salutation.
- An expression of approval; praise.
- An ornament composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its outer extremity and convex toward the point at which it meets the other.
- Written Presidential certificate recognizing service by military personnel or civilians serving the US armed forces who died or were wounded in action between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954.
- Synonym of curly bracket
- A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.
- A brace used to join two or more staves.
verb
noun
- Achievement or qualification.
- A floor of a multi-storey building.
- A school grade or year.
- Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- Degree or amount.
- A numeric value that quantifies a character, ability, or item's experience and power.
- An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- One of the specific values which may be taken by a categorical variable.
- A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
verb
- To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone).
- To make the score of a game equal.
- To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
- To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- To speak honestly and openly with.
- To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- To progress to the next level.
- To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
adj
- In the same position or rank.
- Perpendicular to a gravitational force.
- Unvaried in volume.
- Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
- Unvaried in frequency.
- Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- Calm.
- At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- Straightforward; direct; clear.
verb
- To determine; to make or grant an award.
- To give (an award).
- To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.
- To give (a person) an award.
noun
- A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
- A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
- The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
- A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
noun
- A special characteristic or quality; prestige, especially via association.
- A sealed envelope containing an item whose price is being negotiated.
- A commemorative stamped design or inscription on an envelope, other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage.
- A capsule containing a pharmaceutical preparation.
- A hidden location from which one can observe birds while remaining unseen.
verb
verb
- To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.
- To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
- To clear, release from debt or blame
- To set free by force.
- To save, rescue
- To repair, restore
- To liberate by payment of a ransom.
- To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
- To reform, change (for the better)
- To expiate, atone (for)
- To convert (some bond or security) into cash
noun
adj
noun
- A source of value, distinction or honour.
- Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
- A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).
- A unit of currency used in a fictional universe or timeframe.
- The time given for payment for something sold on trust.
- Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.
- Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts.
- An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.
- A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.
- A nominal unit of value assigned outside of a currency system.
- Recognition for having taken a course (class).
- A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.
- Recognition, respect and admiration.
- A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.
verb
adj
- Advantageous or very favourable.
- Made of, or relating to, gold.
- Fine, without problems.
- Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold.
- Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric.
- Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
- Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
- Relating to the elderly or retired.
noun
verb
noun
- Medals or trophies.
- Electronic equipment.
- The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
- Fixtures, equipment, tools and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.
- Metal implements.
- A firearm.
- Equipment.
verb
- To attain a higher status.
- To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
- To leave one's bed; to get up.
- To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
- To have its source (in a particular place).
- Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
- To develop.
- To become erect; to assume an upright position.
- To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
- To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
- To be resurrected.
- To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
- To slope upward.
- To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.
- To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
- To go up; to ascend; to climb.
- To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
- To come; to offer itself.
- To move upwards.
- To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
- To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
- To cause to go up or ascend.
noun
- An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
- The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
- A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
- A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
- The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
- An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
- The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
- The height of an arch or a step.
noun
noun
- A natural appreciation or ability.
- Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
- One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
- The way that a referent is presented.
- The meaning, reason, or value of something.
- A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
- Sound practical or moral judgment.
- Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
- referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
- One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
- Any particular meaning of a word, among its various meanings.
verb
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