HONORABLE MENTION Synonyms: 33 Similar Words

honorable mention

noun

Definition of honorable mention

as in award

recognition given to someone who has done something extremely well but who has not won the top honor They didn't win the science fair competition but were pleased to receive an honorable mention.

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Recent Examples of honorable mention An honorable mention is this pancake candle, recommended by Basche. — Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 11 Aug. 2026 Fowler includes an honorable mention section for every player who receives a vote at each position. — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 28 July 2026 The script hails from Peter Gamble, though there should probably be an honorable mention to the guy who wrote Rocky — that’d also be Stallone. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026 He was named honorable mention All-Big Sky in 2023 after starting all 13 games for the team. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for honorable mention

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The team finished its competitive season in June at the Sunshine State Games in Ocala, where the Novice category won first place and earned the high-point award.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
Friedman, an award-winning social psychologist whose research has been featured by in the New York Times, Bloomberg, and the Harvard Business Review, has built a career testing management folklore against behavioral science.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

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His flagship restaurant in Oakland’s Temescal district, Burdell, has won a number of accolades – snagging first place in the San Francisco Chronicle’s Top 100 restaurants list for 2025 and also Food & Wine’s Restaurant of the Year for 2024.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Miller is a future Hall of Fame defensive end who has two first team All-Pro nods under his many accolades.

— Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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Digging for compliments Shares in mining giant BHP are trading higher in Australia, hitting a two-month high, after the company topped earnings expectations and unveiled plans to pay its highest dividend in four years.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
Handling compliments about weight loss The pressure to be thinner is reinforced when someone loses weight, whether from a GLP-1 or any other reason.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

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