Synonyms of the word decoration


DECORATIONACCOLADE - ARTEFACT - ARTIFACT - AWARD - HONOR - HONOUR - LAURELS - MEDAL - MEDALLION - ORNAMENT - ORNAMENTATION - PALM - RIBBON

decoration

  • n. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
  • n. That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.
  • n. Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of…
  • n. (biochemistry, immunology) The use of exotic sugars as decoys to distract the immune system of a host.

accolade

  • n. An expression of approval; praise.
  • n. A special acknowledgment; an award.
  • n. An embrace of greeting or salutation.
  • n. (historical) A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and…
  • n. (music) A brace used to join two or more staves.
  • n. (US, military) Written Presidential certificate recognizing service by personnel who died or were wounded…
  • n. (architecture) An ornament composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its…
  • v. (transitive) To embrace or kiss in salutation.
  • v. (transitive, historical) To confer a knighthood on.
  • v. (transitive) To confer praise or awards on.

artefact

  • n. (British spelling, Australian spelling) alternative form of artifact.

artifact

  • n. An object made or shaped by human hand.
  • n. (archaeology) An object, such as a tool, weapon or ornament, of archaeological or historical interest,…
  • n. Something viewed as a product of human conception or agency rather than an inherent element.
  • n. A structure or finding in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under…
  • n. (biology) A structure or appearance in protoplasm due to death, method of preparation of specimens, or…
  • n. An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.
  • n. (computing) A perceptible distortion that appears in a digital image, audio or video file as a result…

award

  • n. (law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
  • n. (law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
  • n. A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor…
  • n. (obsolete) Care, keeping.
  • n. (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or…
  • v. (transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful…
  • v. (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
  • v. (transitive) to give an award (prize) for merit.

honor

  • n. (uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally…
  • n. (uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence…
  • n. (countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such…
  • n. A privilege.
  • n. (in the plural) The privilege of going first.
  • n. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.
  • n. (feudal law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
  • n. (heraldry, countable) The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon. (Compare honour point…
  • n. (countable, card games) In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In…
  • n. (in the plural) (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank.
  • v. (transitive) To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or…
  • v. (transitive) To conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request,…
  • v. (transitive) To confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone).
  • v. (transitive) To make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft etc).

honour

  • n. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, Australian, NZ, and South African standard spelling of honor.
  • v. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, Australian, NZ, and South African standard spelling of honor.

laurels

  • n. plural of laurel.
  • n. Honors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with a branch from the laurel bush, sacred…

medal

  • n. A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
  • n. A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.
  • v. (sports, colloquial) To win a medal.

medallion

  • n. A large medal, usually decorative.
  • n. A cut of meat resembling a medallion.
  • n. (art) A round or oval frame (often made of Stucco) which contains a plastic or pictorial decoration of…
  • n. A circular certificate used in some places to register a vehicle, especially a taxicab.

ornament

  • n. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
  • n. A Christmas tree decoration.
  • n. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to…
  • v. To decorate.
  • v. To add to.

ornamentation

  • n. Decoration, adornment or embellishment.
  • n. The act or process of decorating etc.

palm

  • n. Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
  • n. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
  • n. The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the…
  • n. The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal.
  • n. A linear measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of…
  • n. (sailmaking) A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle…
  • n. The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm…
  • n. (nautical) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
  • v. To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
  • v. To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.
  • v. To move something with the palm of the hand.

ribbon

  • n. A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
  • n. An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
  • n. A narrow strip or shred.
  • n. (shipbuilding) Alternative form of ribband.
  • n. (slang, dated, in the plural) Driving reins.
  • n. (heraldry) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
  • n. (spinning) A sliver.
  • n. (computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.
  • n. (cooking) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel,…
  • v. To decorate with ribbon.

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