LAUREATE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • someone honored for great achievements
   • figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
   Hypernyms(s) laureate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • honoree (what does honoree mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Nobelist (what does Nobelist mean?)
   • Nobel Laureate (what does Nobel Laureate mean?)
   • Poet Laureate (what does Poet Laureate mean?)

LAUREATE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • worthy of the greatest honor or distinction
   Usage Example(s)
   • The nation’’s pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag- James Traub
   Similar To
   • honorable (what does honorable mean?)
   • honourable (what does honourable mean?)