What are some opposite words for award?

Antonyms for award
əˈwɔrdaward

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. awardverb

    To determine; to make or grant an award.

    Synonyms:
    crown

English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. award

    Allot, originally to assign by lot, applies to the giving of a definite thing to a certain person. A portion or extent of time is allotted; as, I expect to live out my allotted time. A definite period is appointed; as, the audience assembled at the appointed hour. Allot may also refer to space; as, to allot a plot of ground for a cemetery; but we now oftener use select, set apart, or assign. Allot is not now used of persons. Appoint may be used of time, space, or person; as, the appointed day; the appointed place; an officer was appointed to this station. Destine may also refer to time, place, or person, but it always has reference to what is considerably in the future; a man appoints to meet his friend in five minutes; he destines his son to follow his own profession. Assign is rarely used of time, but rather of places, persons, or things. We assign a work to be done and assign a man to do it, who, if he fails, must assign a reason for not doing it. That which is allotted, appointed, or assigned is more or less arbitrary; that which is awarded is the due requital of something the receiver has done, and he has right and claim to it; as, the medal was awarded for valor. Compare APPORTION.

    Antonyms:
    appropriate, confiscate, deny, refuse, resume, retain, seize, withhold

    Synonyms:
    allot, appoint, apportion, assign, destine, distribute, divide, give, grant, mete out, portion out, select, set apart

    Preposition:
    Allot to a company for a purpose.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. award

    Antonyms:
    refuse, withhold, withdraw, retain, misappropriate, misapportion

    Synonyms:
    assign, apportion, attribute, accord, grant, distribute, divide, allot, give, determine, decree, order, adjudge

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Princeton's WordNet2.2 / 5 votes

  1. award, awardingnoun

    a grant made by a law court

    "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court"

    Synonyms:
    honor, awarding, accolade, honour, laurels, prize

  2. award, accolade, honor, honour, laurelsnoun

    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

    "an award for bravery"

    Synonyms:
    prize, purity, awarding, honor, laurels, honour, accolade, pureness

  3. prize, awardverb

    something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery

    "the prize was a free trip to Europe"

    Synonyms:
    awarding, booty, plunder, prize, honor, laurels, swag, loot, accolade, dirty money, honour, pillage, trophy

  4. award, presentverb

    give, especially as an honor or reward

    "bestow honors and prizes at graduation"

    Synonyms:
    portray, pose, grant, demo, deliver, represent, give, lay out, acquaint, submit, demonstrate, gift, stage, confront, present, exhibit, face, introduce, salute, show

  5. award, grantverb

    give as judged due or on the basis of merit

    "the referee awarded a free kick to the team"; "the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff";"Funds are granted to qualified researchers"

    Synonyms:
    allow, give, allot, yield, cede, grant, concede, deed over, present, accord

How to use award in a sentence?

  1. Donald Trump:

    I was given the biggest award by the Marines the other day, one of the biggest civilian awards by the Marines the other day, i was with all of the Marines, I was with the new head of the joint chiefs of staff, he's a very impressive guy, at the Waldorf Astoria the other night. I was given one of the most distinguished awards, which was a great honor for me.

  2. Melody Herzfeld:

    I hope that this award will remind everyone of how vital and important arts education is to our kids. Drama, music, art, creative writing — that’s how you make good citizens. these kids are so close to adulthood they can taste it, but they don’t have all the responsibilities of adulthood yet. So it’s important to give them a safe place where they can fail or experiment and it doesn’t matter.

  3. Loren Weisman:

    Stop spending money to be nominated for worthless awards with no substance and no worth to your career. If you have to spend money to be nominated for an award and then spend the time to push all your friends and fans to vote for you to win that award, it is not worth it and it is not going to help you in anyway whatsoever in the long run.

  4. Angie Estes:

    I couldn't be happier to see the Kingsley Tufts Award go to a person who has lived her life with art as her highest priority, at whatever personal cost.

  5. Boomer Esiason:

    If it were me, given the circumstances over the last two weeks, I would not accept it, that’s just me. I don’t know about their relationship. I don’t really know how close they are. I don’t want to take any great award away from anybody, but given the political climate right now and what happened at the Capitol, and how it happened, I just couldn’t step foot in the White House right now.

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#1152appropriate
#1367award
#3548resume
#6857retain
#7367refuse
#7851deny
#10524withdraw
#18031seize
#23641withhold
#67809confiscate
#229109misappropriate

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