laurels

Meanings

Noun

• a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
• the state of being honored
• any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
• United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965)
• (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
• plural of laurel
• Honors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with a branch from the laurel bush, sacred to Apollo.

Verb

• third-person singular simple present indicative of laurel

Synonyms

accolade, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel, award, bay wreath, honor, honour, Laurel, laurel, laurel wreath, Stan Laurel

Antonyms

dishonor

Related Words

laureate, mountain laurel, rest on one's laurels