The college bestowed an honorary degree on him.
Source: tatoeba (275606)
Honorary
//ˈɑn.əˌɹɛɹ.i//
Synonyms for "honorary" (7 found)
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1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- فَخْرِيّ adj (given as an honor)
Armenian
1 entries- պատվաբեր adj (given as an honor)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- fəxri adj (given as an honor)
Bulgarian
1 entries- почетен adj (given as an honor)
Catalan
2 entries- honorari adj (given as an honor)
- honorari adj (describes the holder of a position)
Czech
1 entries- čestný adj (given as an honor)
Finnish
2 entries- kunnia adj (given as an honor)
- kunnia adj (describes the holder of a position)
French
1 entries- honoris causa adj (given as an honor)
German
4 entries- Ehren adj (given as an honor)
- Ehren adj (voluntary — see also voluntary)
- Ehren adj (describes the holder of a position)
- ehrenamtlich adj (voluntary — see also voluntary)
Hindi
4 entries- अवैतनिक adj (given as an honor)
- अवैतनिक adj (describes the holder of a position)
- आनरेरी adj (given as an honor)
- आनरेरी adj (describes the holder of a position)
Hungarian
4 entries- címzetes adj (given as an honor)
- dísz adj (describes the holder of a position)
- honoris causa adj (given as an honor)
- tiszteletbeli adj (describes the holder of a position)
Indonesian
1 entries- honorer adj (given as an honor)
Italian
1 entries- onorativo adj (given as an honor)
Latin
1 entries- honōrārius adj (given as an honor)
Macedonian
1 entries- почесен adj (given as an honor)
Malay
1 entries- kehormat adj (given as an honor)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- honorær adj (describes the holder of a position)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- honorær adj (describes the holder of a position)
Polish
3 entries- honorowy adj (given as an honor)
- nominalny adj (given as an honor)
- tytularny adj (given as an honor)
Portuguese
1 entries- honorário adj (given as an honor)
Russian
1 entries- почётный adj (given as an honor)
Spanish
1 entries- honorario adj (given as an honor)
Swedish
1 entries- heders adj (given as an honor)
Turkish
1 entries- fahri adj (given as an honor)
Ukrainian
1 entries- поче́сний adj (given as an honor)
Uzbek
1 entries- faxriy adj (given as an honor)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
General Franks received an honorary knighthood.
Source: tatoeba (327262)
Don't worry about him, we consider Ishan an honorary member of our gang.
Source: tatoeba (8681661)
Phalerists collect honorary decorations, medals, and badges.
Source: tatoeba (10336023)
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