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There's no question that O.J. Simpson had been a substitute white man in America. He had gained honorary white status. He was not viewed by many white Americans as black. He was not seen as the African American athlete who was rebellious: Jim Brown, Muhammad Ali, Hank Aaron... He was accepted in golf clubs that were very tony.
Michael Eric Dyson

Meaning of "honorary" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HONORARY

honorary  [ˈɒnərərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HONORARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Honorary is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HONORARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Honorary

An honorary position is given as an honor, with no duties attached, and without payment. Other uses include: ▪ Honorary Aryan, a status in Nazi Germany ▪ Honorary Academy Award, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, United States ▪ Honorary authorship, listing of uninvolved people as co-authors of research papers ▪ Honorary César, awarded by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema, France ▪ Honorary consul, an unpaid part-time diplomatic consul ▪ Honorary Goya Award, by the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España, Spain ▪ Honorary Police, unpaid police force in Jersey ▪ Honorary Prelate, a title used in the Catholic Church ▪ Honorary society, whose members are elected for meritorious conduct ▪ honorary title, awarded as a mark of distinction ▪ Honorary citizenship, awarded to aliens who have rendered service to the state ▪ Honorary degree, academic degree awarded to someone not formally qualified to receive it ▪ Honorary trust, a trust with neither a charitable purpose, nor a private beneficiary ▪ Honorary whites, a term that was used by the apartheid regime of South Africa...

Definition of honorary in the English dictionary

The first definition of honorary in the dictionary is held or given only as an honour, without the normal privileges or duties. Other definition of honorary is unpaid. Honorary is also having such a position or title.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HONORARY


cinerary
ˈsɪnərərɪ
contemporary
kənˈtɛmprərɪ
cotemporary
kəʊˈtɛmpərərɪ
cursorary
ˈkɜːsərərɪ
dishonorary
dɪsˈɒnərərɪ
extemporary
ɪkˈstɛmpərərɪ
funerary
ˈfjuːnərərɪ
itinerary
aɪˈtɪnərərɪ
literary
ˈlɪtərərɪ
noncontemporary
ˌnɒnkənˈtɛmpərərɪ
nonliterary
nɒnˈlɪtərərɪ
numerary
ˈnjuːmərərɪ
preliterary
priːˈlɪtərərɪ
stercorary
ˈstɜːkərərɪ
subliterary
sʌbˈlɪtərərɪ
supernumerary
ˌsuːpəˈnjuːmərərɪ
temporary
ˈtɛmpərərɪ
uncontemporary
ˌʌnkənˈtempərərɪ
unliterary
ʌnˈlɪtərərɪ
vulnerary
ˈvʌlnərərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HONORARY

honor roll
honor society
honor system
honorability
honorable
honorableness
honorand
honoraria
honorarily
honorarium
Honorary Secretary
honorer
honorific
honorifical
honorifically
honoris causa
honorless
honors
honors course
honors degree

WORDS THAT END LIKE HONORARY

arbitrary
British Library
circulating library
contrary
dynamic link library
film library
games library
horary
interlibrary
lending library
mobile library
on the contrary
picture library
public library
reference library
school library
software library
sound library
Tipperary
video library

Synonyms and antonyms of honorary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HONORARY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «honorary» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of honorary

Translation of «honorary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HONORARY

Find out the translation of honorary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of honorary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «honorary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 作为荣誉的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

honorífico
570 millions of speakers

English

honorary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मानद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفخرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

почетный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

honorário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দক্ষিণা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

honorifique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penghormatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ehren-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

名誉上の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

명예의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Honorarium
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

danh dự
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மதிப்பூதியம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानपत्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hizmet karşılığı ödenen ücret
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

onorario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

honorowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

почесний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de onoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίτιμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ere-
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heders-
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

æres
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of honorary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HONORARY»

The term «honorary» is very widely used and occupies the 10.585 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HONORARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «honorary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «honorary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about honorary

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10 QUOTES WITH «HONORARY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word honorary.
1
Leon Askin
It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession.
2
Brian Blessed
I love Scotland - I was made an honorary Wallace after my work on 'Braveheart,' you know. If I have two or three days off, I love nothing more than driving up there and climbing around Glencoe.
3
Karel Capek
Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.
4
Iris Chang
I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D.
5
Katherine Dunham
I have actually five honorary degrees.
6
Michael Eric Dyson
There's no question that O.J. Simpson had been a substitute white man in America. He had gained honorary white status. He was not viewed by many white Americans as black. He was not seen as the African American athlete who was rebellious: Jim Brown, Muhammad Ali, Hank Aaron... He was accepted in golf clubs that were very tony.
7
Laurie Graham
I'm married to an American, and although we live in Europe, I think of myself as an honorary American.
8
Ronnie Hawkins
Wherever there are rock 'n' rollers, we'll play. That's what we've been doing for more than 30 years - rock 'n' roll. It's made me everything from an honorary mayor to honorary member of a motorcycle gang.
9
Waite Hoyt
Joe Dugan, who was my roommate on the Yankees, was an honorary pallbearer, too. He was standing next to me as they were carrying the Babe down the steps of St. Pat's Cathedral here in New York. There must have been 5,000 people standing around on the sides of the street, and it was tremendous.
10
Kitty Kelley
Shortly after Senator Eugene J. McCarthy died in 2005 the age of 89, I became an honorary member of the committee starting a fellowship in McCarthy's name at his alma mater, Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HONORARY»

Discover the use of honorary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to honorary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Forever Foreigners Or Honorary Whites?: The Asian Ethnic ...
Examines the meaning of ethnicity for middle-class later-generation Chinese and Japanese Americans in California
Mia Tuan, 1998
2
The Honorary Consul: A Novel
Although Paraguayan revolutionaries make the mistake of kidnapping the British Consul instead of the American Ambassador, they continue to threaten violence.
Graham Greene, 1973
3
Sanctions and Honorary Whites: Diplomatic Policies and ...
Examines the unlikely friendship between apartheid South Africa and "non-white" Japan within the context of postcolonial and Cold War politics.
Masako Osada, 2002
4
T.T. Chen Honorary Symposium on Hydrometallurgy, ...
Proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Hydrometallurgy and Electrometallurgy Committee and the Materials Characterization Committee of the Extraction and Processing Division of TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society) Held during ...
Shijie Wang, J. E. Dutrizac, Michael L. Free, 2012
5
A Catalog of Its Officers and Fellows, Honorary, Active and ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Massachusetts Medical Society, 2012
6
A view of the legal institutions, honorary hereditary ...
deduced from court rolls, inquisitions, and other original records William Lynch. CloseRoll, sent over in the King's service into England : for effecting S3 E I th*s' w "ts a^so on *ne same day issued, as might be expected, to the Magnates, viz.
William Lynch, 1830
7
Honorary Aryans: National-Racial Identity and Protected Jews ...
Author Nevenko Bartulin explores these questions within the broader histories of anti-Semitism, nationalism, and race in Croatia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, tracing Croatian Jews' troubled journey from "Croats of the ...
Nevenko Bartulin, 2013
8
Advances in optimization and parallel computing: honorary ...
This book, which grew out of many contributions given by distinguished researchers in honour of the 70th birthday of J.B. Rosen, one of the pioneers in optimization, is intended to serve as a guide for recent literature and as a stimulant ...
Panos M. Pardalos, 1992
9
Honorary Tiger: The Life of Billy Arjan Singh
"Popularly known as India's latter-day Jim Corbett and 'tiger man', 87-year-old Billy Arjan Singh is by any standards an extraordinary man.
Duff Hart-Davis, 2005
10
The Honorary Medical Staff of the Manchester Royal ...
PROLOGUE These brief Lives of the Honorary Medical, Surgical and Specialist staff bring up to 1948 my father's Sketches of the Lives and Work of the Honorary Medical Staff of the Manchester Infirmary from its Foundation in 1752 to 1830 ...
William Brockbank, 1965

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HONORARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term honorary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Susanna Reid wows as she accepts honorary fellowship from …
Chick in mortar: Susanna Reid accepted an honorary fellowship at her alma mater - Cardiff University - on Wednesday afternoon, just hours ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
University of Leeds awards poet Simon Armitage honorary degree …
Poet Simon Armitage has spoken of his pride at being awarded an honorary degree by the University of Leeds. Armitage, who previously ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
Boxing champ Amir Khan and cricketer Sajid Mahmood accept …
Boxing champion Amir Khan and cricketer Sajid Mahmood have accepted honorary university degrees. The cousins were recognised for their ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
4
Local United Way names 2015 honorary campaign chairman
David Hodorff has been chosen by Fond du Lac Area United Way as its 2015 honorary campaign chairman. Hodorff is a lifelong Fond du Lac ... «Fond du Lac Reporter, Jul 15»
5
Amir Khan receives honorary degree from Bolton University | Daily …
Amir Khan receives honorary degree from Bolton University. British boxer Amir Khan takes time out to visit Bolton University and receive an ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
University of South Wales presents fellowship to India's pioneering …
India's honorary consul to Wales, Cardiff -based entrepreneur and pharmacist Raj Aggarwal, has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
7
Honorary NBA Draft Pick Isaiah Austin: 'God Wants Me To Share His …
Jun 26, 2014; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Isaiah Austin (Baylor) hugs NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected as an honorary draft pick by ... «Christian Post, Jul 15»
8
NSB welcomes nominations for 2016 honorary awards
NSB welcomes nominations for 2016 honorary awards. Awards honor public service contributions in science and engineering and advancing ... «National Science Foundation, Jul 15»
9
Megabus launches online to vote to name Tennessee honorary bus …
Megabus.com has launched an online campaign asking Tennessee residents to select a slogan for an honorary bus. According to a news ... «Nooga.com, Jul 15»
10
Andrea Hirata earns honorary doctorate from Warwick University …
A written statement received by ANTARA News here on Wednesday mentioned that the honorary title was given for his contribution to ... «ANTARA, Jul 15»

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