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

Hassabis, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2024 for pioneering the use of AI in protein prediction, is based in London and has largely avoided the viper pit created by the bare-knuckle AI race playing out in Silicon Valley. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 15 July 2026

The film is a collaboration between Nobel Prize Outreach and Grain Media (producer of the Academy Award-winning shorts The White Helmets and Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone), with support from the Novo Nordisk Foundation. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 July 2026

In 2020, the CASP competition vaulted AlphaFold to prominence and a Nobel Prize. — Brittany Trang, STAT, 14 July 2026

The Stanford lab says the letter has so far been signed by more than 200 economists and AI researchers, including 16 winners of a Nobel Prize. — ABC News, 13 July 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