Honor

//ˈɒn.ə//

Synonyms for "honor" (444 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (89)

award glory respect abide by accept acclaim accolade accord respect to account accounting for acknowledgment acres adhere to administer admiration admire adoration adore adorn adulate

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Verb(10 words)

respect aggrandize exalt abide by advance applaud appraise belaud bepraise commend

Noun(5 words)

accolade affront angelicalness award chivalry

Strong matches (133)

congratulation connection connection with conscience consequence consideration courtesy credible credit crown crown with laurel decency decorate decoration defer to deference deification deify delight demesne

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derivation from devotion dignify dignity discharge distinction distinguish do honor do service domain dress ship duty effect effectuate eloge eminence encomium enforce ennoble entertain respect for erect erectness esteem estimableness estimation etiology eulogium eulogize eulogy exaggerated respect exalt exaltation exam examen examination excessive praise execute face fairness fame favor fill out final final examination fire a salute flattery fulfill gallantry gentlemanliness glorification glorify good character goodness grace great go great respect greatness grounds hail hallow handle hearing hero worship hero-worship high ideals high principles high regard high-mindedness highness hold in esteem hold in reverence hold jubilee homage hommage honesty honorableness honorific honors idolatry idolization idolize idolizing illustriousness immaculacy immaculateness immortalize implement imputation incorruption innocence integrity invest irreproachability irreproachableness joy

Verb(11 words)

cry up dignify elevate ennoble esteem eulogize extol glorify hallow honour idolize

Noun(7 words)

decency gentlemanliness glory godliness honesty honour integrity

Related words (222)

jubilate jubilize justice justness keep kudos lady land landed property lands laud laudation laurels lift lionizing liquidate live up to look look up to lord

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lordship lot lots maffick magnification magnify maintain majesty make make accounts square make merry make out manor mark meed of praise meet memorability memorialize memory messuage midsemester midterm milady milord moral excellence moral strength morality name nobility notability noteworthiness obeisance observe oral oral examination ornament overpraise paean palaetiology panegyric parcel pay pay homage to pay in full pay off pay regard to pay the bill pay the shot pay tribute pay up pedestal placement plaque plat pleasure plot praedium praise prelim prestige pride principles privilege prize probity prominence promulgate property prosecute pureness purity put in force put through quadrat quiz real estate real property realty recognition recognize rectitude redeem reference to regard remarkableness render render honor to renown reputability reputation repute respectability responsibility retire revere reverence reverential regard righteousness saddling salience salute satisfy self-respect settle sexual innocence signalize snowiness solemnize solemnly mark sound a fanfare sportsmanship spotlessness square square accounts stainlessness strike a balance sublime taintlessness take up take-home examination tenement tenements test think highly of think much of think well of title toast toft transact trial tribute tripos unblemishedness unblottedness uncorruptness undefiledness unimpeachability unimpeachableness unsoiledness unspottedness unstainedness unsulliedness untaintedness uprear uprightness upstandingness value venerate veneration virginity virtue virtuousness viva whiteness worship worth worthiness worthy written written examination

Verb(27 words)

laud lay store by lionize look up to magnify nobilitate observe panegyrize praise prefer prize promote puff put store by put store in raise rate regard revere reward

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set store by speak well of transfigure uplift value venerate worthy

Noun(14 words)

laurels probity propriety pureness purity rectitude righteousness rightfulness saintlikeness saintliness seemlihood seemliness uprightness virtuousness

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

11 entries

accept chastity have recognise recognize righteousness sexual morality standing symbol take virtue

Antonyms

5 entries

contempt despise dishonor

Synonyms

6 entries

award chivalry gentlemanliness glory respect worthy

derived

101 entries

Cub's honor Honor Oak Hons Scout's honour a prophet has no honor in his own country a prophet is not without honor save in his own country affair of honor affair of honour badge of honor badge of honour bed of honour code of honor code of honour court of honor court of honour debt of honor

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

mensk

has context

4 entries

card games compare honour point feudal law heraldry

is a

3 entries

righteousness standing virtue

manner of

2 entries

accept recognize

related to

32 entries

abide accordance ace armorial award bestow bridge conform escutcheon honest honours degree importance jack king lordship magnanimous

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Translations

347 translations across 100 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

eer noun (token of praise or respect)

Albanian

4 entries

Nderime noun (feudal law: seigniory or lordship held of the king)
nder noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
nder noun (token of praise or respect)
ndershëm noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

τιμή noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
τιμή noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
τιμάω verb (think of, respect highly)

Arabic

3 entries

شَرَف noun (token of praise or respect)
شَرَف noun (privilege)
عِزَّة noun (token of praise or respect)

Armenian

1 entries

պատիվ noun (token of praise or respect)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

ehtiram noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
heysiyyət noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
hörmət noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
namus noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)

Belarusian

4 entries

го́нар noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
го́нар noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
го́нар noun (token of praise or respect)
чэсць noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)

Bulgarian

4 entries

оньо́р noun (card games: one of the most valuable cards)
по́чит noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
чест noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
чест noun (token of praise or respect)

Burmese

1 entries

ဂုဏ် noun (token of praise or respect)

Catalan

4 entries

honor noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
honor noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
honor noun (excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue)
honor noun (token of praise or respect)

Cebuano

3 entries

bantog noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
dungog noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
dungog noun (token of praise or respect)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

ئابڕوو noun (token of praise or respect)

Cherokee

2 entries

ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

名譽 /名誉 noun (token of praise or respect)
榮譽 /荣誉 noun (token of praise or respect)

Czech

4 entries

čest noun (token of praise or respect)
čest noun (privilege)
ctít verb (think of, respect highly)
uznávat verb (think of, respect highly)

Dalmatian

1 entries

onaur noun (token of praise or respect)

Danish

4 entries

agtelse noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
ærbødighed noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
ære noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
ære noun (token of praise or respect)

Dutch

4 entries

eer noun (token of praise or respect)
eren verb (think of, respect highly)
eren verb (confer honour on)
huldigen verb (think of, respect highly)

Esperanto

2 entries

honoro noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
honoro noun (token of praise or respect)

Estonian

2 entries

au noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
au noun (token of praise or respect)

Farefare

1 entries

gɩrma noun (token of praise or respect)

Faroese

1 entries

æra noun (token of praise or respect)

Finnish

4 entries

arvokkuus noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
arvokortti noun (card games: one of the most valuable cards)
arvostus noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
honööri noun (golf: right to play one's ball before one's opponent)

French

2 entries

honneur noun (token of praise or respect)
honorer verb (think of, respect highly)

Friulian

1 entries

onôr noun (token of praise or respect)

Galician

4 entries

honor noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
honor noun (token of praise or respect)
honor noun (privilege)
honra noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)

Georgian

2 entries

პატივი noun (token of praise or respect)
პატივი noun (privilege)

German

4 entries

Ehre noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
Ehre noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
Ehre noun (excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue)
Ehre noun (token of praise or respect)

Gothic

3 entries

𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰 noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰 noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌰𐌽 verb (think of, respect highly)

Greek

1 entries

τιμώ verb (think of, respect highly)

Hebrew

4 entries

כָּבוֹד noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
כָּבוֹד noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
כָּבוֹד noun (excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue)
כָּבוֹד noun (token of praise or respect)

Higaonon

1 entries

bantugan noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

dungog noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)

Hindi

4 entries

आदर noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
आदरणीय noun (cause of respect and fame)
गौरव noun (token of praise or respect)
प्रतिष्ठित noun (cause of respect and fame)

Hungarian

4 entries

becsület noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
becsület noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
becsület noun (token of praise or respect)
büszkeség noun (cause of respect and fame)

Hunsrik

1 entries

Eher noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)

Icelandic

1 entries

heiður noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)

Ido

1 entries

honoro noun (token of praise or respect)

Irish

4 entries

clú noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
oineach noun (token of praise or respect)
oirmhidin noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
onóir noun (token of praise or respect)

Italian

4 entries

onore noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
onore noun (token of praise or respect)
onorare verb (think of, respect highly)
tenere fede a verb (to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with)

Japanese

4 entries

名誉 noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
名誉 noun (token of praise or respect)
栄誉 noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
尊ぶ verb (think of, respect highly)

Kazakh

1 entries

абырой noun (token of praise or respect)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

vìshā noun (token of praise or respect)

Khmer

2 entries

គោរព verb (think of, respect highly)
សំដែងសេចក្តីគោរព verb (think of, respect highly)

Korean

2 entries

명예 noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
명예 noun (token of praise or respect)

Ladin

2 entries

uneur noun (token of praise or respect)
unëur noun (token of praise or respect)

Ladino

4 entries

kavod noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
kavod noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
kavod noun (excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue)
kavod noun (token of praise or respect)

Lao

1 entries

ກຽດຕິຍົດ noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)

Latgalian

1 entries

gūds noun (token of praise or respect)

Latin

4 entries

augeō verb (confer honour on)
excolo verb (think of, respect highly)
honōrō verb (think of, respect highly)
honōrō verb (confer honour on)

Latvian

1 entries

gods noun (token of praise or respect)

Lithuanian

1 entries

garbė noun (token of praise or respect)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

cesć noun (token of praise or respect)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Éier noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
éieren verb (confer honour on)

Macedonian

4 entries

чест noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
чест noun (token of praise or respect)
чест noun (university qualification of the highest rank)
одли́кува verb (confer honour on)

Malay

1 entries

kepujian noun (university qualification of the highest rank)

Middle English

3 entries

honeste noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
honour noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
honour noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)

Middle High German

1 entries

ere noun (token of praise or respect)

Māori

1 entries

whakamānawa verb (confer honour on)

Nahuatl

1 entries

mauiztli noun (token of praise or respect)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

ære noun (token of praise or respect)
ære verb (think of, respect highly)

Occitan

1 entries

onor noun (token of praise or respect)

Old English

3 entries

ār noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
ār noun (token of praise or respect)
frēoġan verb (think of, respect highly)

Old Irish

1 entries

enech noun (token of praise or respect)

Old Occitan

1 entries

honor noun (token of praise or respect)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

اورند noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
شان noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
عزت noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
ناموس noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)

Persian

4 entries

اِفتِخار noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
اِفتِخار noun (token of praise or respect)
شَرَف noun (token of praise or respect)
عِزَّت noun (token of praise or respect)

Phoenician

1 entries

𐤊𐤓𐤌 verb (think of, respect highly)

Plautdietsch

3 entries

Ea noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
Ea noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
Ea noun (token of praise or respect)

Polabian

1 entries

erǫ noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)

Polish

4 entries

cześć noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
cześć noun (token of praise or respect)
honor noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
honor noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)

Portuguese

4 entries

honra noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
honra noun (excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue)
honra noun (token of praise or respect)
honra noun (privilege)

Quechua

2 entries

apuchay verb (think of, respect highly)
yupaychay verb (think of, respect highly)

Romagnol

1 entries

unór noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)

Romanian

4 entries

cinste noun (token of praise or respect)
demnitate noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
onoare noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
onoare noun (token of praise or respect)

Russian

4 entries

го́нор noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
го́рдость noun (cause of respect and fame)
досто́инство noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
по́честь noun (university qualification of the highest rank)

Sanskrit

3 entries

सम्मान noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
पूजयति verb (think of, respect highly)
मानति verb (think of, respect highly)

Sardinian

3 entries

onore noun (token of praise or respect)
onori noun (token of praise or respect)
unore noun (token of praise or respect)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

onair noun (token of praise or respect)
onair noun (privilege)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

čȃst noun (token of praise or respect)
ча̑ст noun (token of praise or respect)

Sicilian

1 entries

unuri noun (token of praise or respect)

Slovak

1 entries

česť noun (token of praise or respect)

Slovene

3 entries

čast noun (token of praise or respect)
počastiti verb (confer honour on)
spoštovati verb (think of, respect highly)

Spanish

4 entries

aras noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
honor noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
honor noun (token of praise or respect)
ondra (disused) noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)

Swedish

3 entries

ära noun (token of praise or respect)
ära noun (privilege)
hedra verb (think of, respect highly)

Tajik

4 entries

иззат noun (token of praise or respect)
ифтихор noun (token of praise or respect)
шараф noun (token of praise or respect)
ъиззат noun (token of praise or respect)

Telugu

1 entries

గౌరవం noun (token of praise or respect)

Thai

1 entries

เกียรติ noun (token of praise or respect)

Tocharian B

4 entries

yarke noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
yärṣalñe noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
paut verb (think of, respect highly)
winā-sk verb (think of, respect highly)

Turkish

4 entries

hürmet noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
ihtiram noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
kıvanç noun (token of praise or respect)
namus noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)

Ukrainian

4 entries

го́нор noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
го́нор noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
честь noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
честь noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)

Unami

1 entries

xinkwelëmùksëwakàn noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

česć noun (token of praise or respect)

Urdu

3 entries

اِفْتِخار noun (token of praise or respect)
شَرَف noun (token of praise or respect)
گَورَو noun (token of praise or respect)

Uzbek

2 entries

iftixor noun (token of praise or respect)
sharaf noun (token of praise or respect)

Venetan

1 entries

onor noun (token of praise or respect)

Vietnamese

1 entries

danh dự noun (token of praise or respect)

Volapük

1 entries

stim noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)

West-Frisian

1 entries

eare noun (token of praise or respect)

Yiddish

4 entries

כּבֿוד noun (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect)
כּבֿוד noun (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth)
כּבֿוד noun (excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue)
כּבֿוד noun (token of praise or respect)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

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In 776 B.C., the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greeks' chief god, Zeus.

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The more danger, the more honor.

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The students cheered in honor of Dr. Baker's birthday.

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I esteem it an honor to address this audience.

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