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

Yet her data was shown without her permission to James Watson and Francis Crick, who won the Nobel Prize. — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Over the years more than 150 Nobel Prize winners have written for Scientific American, relaying their breakthroughs and ideas to our readers. — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026

The kuru experiments, which won Gajdusek the Nobel Prize in 1976, put him in a position in which people around him rarely said no. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Twin Farms was originally the site of a 1795-era farmhouse, scooped up by Nobel Prize–winning author Sinclair Lewis for $10,000 in 1928. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Nobel Prize

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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