🏅 An award winner 🏅 Deserving top honor

laureate

8.2

Deserving special honor for a great achievement

adjective
/ˈlɔːriət/

Formal

: laureado

The laureate poet received high praise for his captivating new collection of poems.

Examples

As a laureate scientist, he was recognized for his groundbreaking research in renewable energy.
She was named the laureate artist of the year for her innovative contributions to modern art.
For I am the Virgin of invisible ink, famed laureate of Lyric to seat shadowless snowman in the tropical heat.

Antonyms

unworthy

Offensive

20 5.4

Deserves strong blame or dislike

undeserving

7 5.5

Not worthy of help, reward, or kindness

Compounds

Nobel Laureate

8 4.2

A person who has a Nobel Prize

poet laureate

Literature

7 7.9

A poet officially chosen to represent a country or town and write poems for special events

How Honored

laureate

Formal

8.2

celebrated

1 3.2

honored

Formal

8 3.3

recognized

Formal

3.5

unknown

629 2.3

Surface Forms

laureate positive

Morphology

laureate = laurel (semi-transparent) = laurel + ate

The adjective is formed from 'laurel' + '-ate' and clearly relates to being honoured, but understanding depends on cultural knowledge of laurel as a symbol and recognition of the adjectival '-ate'.

Etymology

Laureate comes from the Latin laurus, which means 'laurel', a leaf used to make a crown for winners in ancient times. So calling someone laureate means they are worthy of great honor, like a person who would wear a laurel crown for success.