Synonyms of the word

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.

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.

area

• n. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
• n. A particular geographic region.
• n. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
• n. The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
• n. (Britain) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
• n. (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
• n. (slang) Genitals.

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.

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.

handle

• n. The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
• n. An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool.
• n. (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more…
• n. (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience,…
• n. (slang) A name, nickname or pseudonym.
• n. (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. (See also pot and…
• n. (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol. (Called a sixty in Canada.).
• n. (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
• n. (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional…
• n. (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components…
• v. (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
• v. (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
• v. (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
• v. (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
• v. (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
• v. (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
• v. (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
• v. (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
• v. (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
• v. (intransitive) To use the hands.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).

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.

region

• n. Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable…
• n. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
• n. (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number…
• n. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
• n. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
• n. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
• n. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental…

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.

thenar

• n. (archaic) the palm of the hand or sole of the foot.
• n. the ball of the thumb, or the muscle controlling it.

touch

• v. Primarily physical senses.
• v. Primarily non-physical senses.
• v. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
• v. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
• v. (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
• v. To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
• v. To perform, as a tune; to play.
• v. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
• n. An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
• n. The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
• n. The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
• n. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
• n. A little bit; a small amount.
• n. The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
• n. A relationship of close communication or understanding.
• n. The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
• n. (obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
• n. (obsolete) An emotion or affection.
• n. (obsolete) Personal reference or application.
• n. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
• n. (obsolete) A brief essay.
• n. (obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
• n. (obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
• n. (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument…
• n. (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion…
• n. The children's game of tag.
• n. (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
• n. (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
• n. (Britain, plumbing, dated) tallow.

tree

• n. A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, with a single trunk which…
• n. Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree in the strict botanical sense:…
• n. An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
• n. A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
• n. The structural frame of a saddle.
• n. (graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, equivalently, a connected graph with n vertices and…
• n. (computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
• n. (graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and…
• n. Any structure or construct having branches akin to (1).
• n. The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
• n. (informal) Marijuana.
• n. (obsolete) A cross or gallows.
• n. (obsolete) wood; timber.
• n. (chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal…
• v. (transitive) To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
• v. (transitive) To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.