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awardee

awardee

2 4.0
A person or group that receives an award
  • noun
  • /əˈwɔrdi/
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  • President Obama said, "The impressive accomplishments of today's awardees so early in their careers promise even greater advances in the years ahead."
  • medal awardee
  • MacArthur awardee
  • Honor awardee

Examples

  • Initially, the contract stipulated that the awardee would be paid on a per-acre basis.

    Academic text (2017)

  • His ability to engage both theory and practice makes him a perfect awardee for the Gerald M. Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication.

    Blog text (6)

  • Our next awardee has shown us that the art of fabric design is not only alive and well, but flourishing--

    Town & Country (2001)

  • The awardee will be expected to visit Iowa City to share the story of his or her leadership accomplishments.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Among the awardees were two educators working with elementary programs and a student association that uses high school students for meaningful conservation work.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The grant awardees, though predominantly of Christian affiliation, do include some minority religions.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Awardees receive matching grants of $2,500 to $10,000 for community-based activities.

    Academic text (1993)

  • DARPA selected 51 applicants to receive grants totaling approximately $15.3 million, representing the largest class of awardees since the program began.

    Blog text (25)

  • This year's awardee was recognized for her groundbreaking research in environmental science.

  • The scholarship committee announced that the awardee would receive a $10,000 grant for their project.

Synonyms

medalist
vsawardee
39 3.1

A person who has won a medal in a competition

is any award recipient, not restricted to medal winners
laureate
vsawardee
38 7.6

A person who receives a special honor for great achievements, often in arts, literature or science

applies more widely to any recipient, not only top achievement awards
prize winner
vsawardee
34 1.5

A person chosen to receive a prize in a contest or lottery

also includes recipients chosen by other selection methods
honoree
vsawardee
  • Formal
13 5.6

A person who gets an award for good work or service

also covers recipients of other awards, contracts, or grants
prizewinner
vsawardee
2 2.7

A person or thing that wins a prize in a contest

includes that case but also recipients outside contests or competitions
conferee
vsawardee
  • Formal
8.2

A person who receives an honor, degree, or award

is a broader recipient of prizes, grants, contracts, or honors

Surface Forms

awardee singular
awardees plural

Morphology

awardee = award (transparent) = award + ee

Formed from the verb 'award' + the productive recipient suffix '-ee', yielding 'person who receives an award', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word awardee is made from award plus the ending -ee, which means 'one who receives'. You see the same ending in employee and payee, so an awardee is a person or group who receives an award.