accolade
noun /ˈækəleɪd/
/ˈækəleɪd/
(formal)- praise or an award for an achievement that people admire
- Four restaurants have been awarded the highest accolade of a three-star rating.
- a long list of industry accolades
- He was finally awarded the ultimate accolade —British Hairdresser of the Year—in 2007.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- high
- prestigious
- …
- earn
- garner
- get
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, from Provençal acolada, literally ‘embrace around the neck (when bestowing knighthood)’, from Latin ad- ‘at, to’ + collum ‘neck’.