Nobel Prize

noun

No·​bel Prize nō-ˈbel- 

ˈnō-ˌbel-

: any of various annual prizes (as in peace, literature, medicine) established by the will of Alfred Nobel for the encouragement of persons who work for the interests of humanity

called also Nobel

Examples of Nobel Prize in a Sentence

He won the Nobel Prize for economics.

Recent Examples on the Web

Myron Scholes, a Nobel Prize winner in economics and a Stanford professor, was next in line to hold the keys to the palatial house. — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2026

Far from a technology-forward performance, the Nobel Prize laureate, whose face has become a central figure in modern history, sang nonstop from under a hood for more than an hour and a half. — Alfredo Toriello, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026

Daron Acemoglu, a Nobel Prize-winning professor at MIT, and Erik Brynjolfsson, a professor at Stanford and director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, joined us to weigh in on AI and the future of work. — Adrian Ma, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026

The pair play Erika and Thomas Mann, the daughter and the Nobel Prize-winning author at the center of the film. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Nobel Prize

• advertise
• aggrandize
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize
• butterflies

Kids Definition

Nobel Prize

noun

No·​bel Prize (ˌ)nō-ˌbel- 

: an annual prize (as in literature, medicine, peace) established by the will of Alfred Nobel for the encouragement of people who work for the interests of humanity