Honorary
adjective
Not real or not paid, but given to show respect or appreciation.
He is an honorary member of the club.
Often appears as...
- honorary degree
- honorary member
adjective
Given as an honor, without the usual requirements.
She received an honorary doctorate from the university.
Often appears as...
- honorary degree
- honorary title
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Academic
adjective
Not real or not paid, but given to show respect or appreciation.
He is an honorary member of the club.
Often appears as...
- honorary degree
- honorary member
adjective
Given as an honor, without the usual requirements.
She received an honorary doctorate from the university.
Often appears as...
- honorary degree
- honorary title
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Respectful Recognition
An honorary title highlights respect for the person's contribution or status without monetary rewards.
The mayor was given the honorary title of 'Chief Patron' for his support.
Pro Tip 2/3Symbolic Position
Honorary positions are often symbolic and do not carry actual responsibilities or powers.
Although she's an honorary director, she doesn't attend board meetings.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Monetary
Being honorary usually means there's no payment involved for services or contribution.
He serves as an honorary consultant, offering free advice.
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Pink Boots and a Machete...
without the wild I can't live without going out there and exploring and you know I said I wasn't a allowed to be a Girl Scout when I was little so sad but I just want you to know that I recently I spoke to a huge group of Girl Scouts and they made me an honorary member and
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Reimagining Dinosaurs...
smuggler she is the founder of the institute for the study of mongolian dinosaurs and we also have dr anjali goswami she is now a research leader in life sciences at the natural history museum in london and she's an honorary professor at the university college of london
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Anxious? Blame the...
and to encourage folks to send him all these wits rito offers something in return here's nick if you send him one of these wins he sends you a certificate in the post the very official certificate says that you're an honorary wind ambassador to the borah museum
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A free world needs...
Political cartoons were born with democracy, and they are challenged when freedom is. You know, over the years, with the Cartooning for Peace Foundation and other initiatives, Kofi Annan -- this is not well known -- he was the honorary chair of our foundation,
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Amanda Gorman: Using...
standing for and so i came to realize that i cannot stand standing to the side standing silent i must find the strength to speak up and one of the ways i do that is through this mantra where i call back to what i call honorary ancestors these are people who
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A Reckoning in Tulsa PIPE...
blame the riot point to him as being a major instigator of the riots but thanks to the efforts of stratford's descendants many who have also become lawyers and judges the state of oklahoma gave stratford an honorary executive pardon
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Shifting the visual...
pimples and here is a tumor and the tuber kind of looks like a porcupine because the nuclei are densely packed and various pointy shapes so after that training session I will award all of you honorary degrees in pathology because
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Biking Afghanistan, Part...
And what I found was that I was considered an honorary man. They knew I was a woman, but yet they treated me like a man. They conversed with me like a man. They invited me to dinner like a man. So, over the next four-five years
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Family, hope and...
It was hard manual labor for low exploitation wages. But on weekends, they celebrated together, with backyard barbecues and birthday celebrations, like most working families the world over. I became an honorary family member.
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What Ping-Pong Taught Me...
and the whole world could breathe more easily. China's leader, Mao Zedong, wrote a whole manual on ping-pong, and he called the sport "a spiritual nuclear weapon." And it's been said that the only honorary lifelong member
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Pink Boots and a Machete...
without the wild I can't live without going out there and exploring and you know I said I wasn't a allowed to be a Girl Scout when I was little so sad but I just want you to know that I recently I spoke to a huge group of Girl Scouts and they made me an honorary member and
Video examples
Reimagining Dinosaurs...
smuggler she is the founder of the institute for the study of mongolian dinosaurs and we also have dr anjali goswami she is now a research leader in life sciences at the natural history museum in london and she's an honorary professor at the university college of london
Video examples
Anxious? Blame the...
and to encourage folks to send him all these wits rito offers something in return here's nick if you send him one of these wins he sends you a certificate in the post the very official certificate says that you're an honorary wind ambassador to the borah museum
Video examples
A free world needs...
Political cartoons were born with democracy, and they are challenged when freedom is. You know, over the years, with the Cartooning for Peace Foundation and other initiatives, Kofi Annan -- this is not well known -- he was the honorary chair of our foundation,
Video examples
Amanda Gorman: Using...
standing for and so i came to realize that i cannot stand standing to the side standing silent i must find the strength to speak up and one of the ways i do that is through this mantra where i call back to what i call honorary ancestors these are people who
Video examples
A Reckoning in Tulsa PIPE...
blame the riot point to him as being a major instigator of the riots but thanks to the efforts of stratford's descendants many who have also become lawyers and judges the state of oklahoma gave stratford an honorary executive pardon
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Shifting the visual...
pimples and here is a tumor and the tuber kind of looks like a porcupine because the nuclei are densely packed and various pointy shapes so after that training session I will award all of you honorary degrees in pathology because
Video examples
Biking Afghanistan, Part...
And what I found was that I was considered an honorary man. They knew I was a woman, but yet they treated me like a man. They conversed with me like a man. They invited me to dinner like a man. So, over the next four-five years
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Family, hope and...
It was hard manual labor for low exploitation wages. But on weekends, they celebrated together, with backyard barbecues and birthday celebrations, like most working families the world over. I became an honorary family member.
Video examples
What Ping-Pong Taught Me...
and the whole world could breathe more easily. China's leader, Mao Zedong, wrote a whole manual on ping-pong, and he called the sport "a spiritual nuclear weapon." And it's been said that the only honorary lifelong member
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Charles J. Shields
American Writer
If literary terms were about artistic merit and not the rules of convenience, about achievement and not safety, the term 'realism' would be an honorary one, conferred only on work that actually builds unsentimental reality on the page, that matches the complexity of life with an equally rich arrangement in language.
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Kurt Vonnegut
American Writer
I am honorary President of the American Humanist Society, having succeeded the late, great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in that utterly functionless capacity. We Humanists behave as well as we can, without any rewards or punishments in an Afterlife.
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Neil Simon
American Playwright
You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy.
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Joyce Carol Oates
American Novelist
Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true.
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Dolly Parton
American Singer
Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.
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Sofia Vassilieva
American Actress
I'm an honorary ambassador for Stand Up to Cancer, and I'm also associated with St. Jude's.
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Jessye Norman
American Musician
I am the proud and humble recipient of more than 30 honorary doctorate degrees.
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Tom Douglas
American Chef
I was once made honorary mayor of my hometown of Newark, Del.
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Katherine Dunham
American Dancer
I have actually five honorary degrees.
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Lech Walesa
Polish Politician
I have more than 100 honorary Ph.D.s.
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Charles J. Shields
American Writer
If literary terms were about artistic merit and not the rules of convenience, about achievement and not safety, the term 'realism' would be an honorary one, conferred only on work that actually builds unsentimental reality on the page, that matches the complexity of life with an equally rich arrangement in language.
Quote examples
Kurt Vonnegut
American Writer
I am honorary President of the American Humanist Society, having succeeded the late, great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in that utterly functionless capacity. We Humanists behave as well as we can, without any rewards or punishments in an Afterlife.
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Neil Simon
American Playwright
You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy.
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Joyce Carol Oates
American Novelist
Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true.
Quote examples
Dolly Parton
American Singer
Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.
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Sofia Vassilieva
American Actress
I'm an honorary ambassador for Stand Up to Cancer, and I'm also associated with St. Jude's.
Quote examples
Jessye Norman
American Musician
I am the proud and humble recipient of more than 30 honorary doctorate degrees.
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Tom Douglas
American Chef
I was once made honorary mayor of my hometown of Newark, Del.
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Katherine Dunham
American Dancer
I have actually five honorary degrees.
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Lech Walesa
Polish Politician
I have more than 100 honorary Ph.D.s.
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