栄誉|えいよeiyo[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounhonour; honor
   彼かれはその賞しょうを最高さいこうの栄誉えいよだと感かんじている。↗

   He feels the prize to be the superior.

• Synonym名誉めいよNeutralBroader in use than 「栄誉」: covers honour, good repute and personal dignity, and also serves as a prefix, as in 「名誉教授」.
• Synonym誉れほまれWrittenNative Japanese word for honour one can be proud of, as in 「郷土の誉れ」; literary and elegant in tone.
• Synonym栄冠えいかんNeutralThe laurels of victory; figuratively the honour of winning a title, as in 「栄冠に輝く」.
• Synonym声誉せいよWrittenReputation and standing; rare even in written prose.
• Related名声めいせいNeutralA good name or reputation; stresses how society rates a person, while 「栄誉」 stresses honour actually conferred.
• Related高名こうめいWrittenWritten word for being widely famous or renowned; stresses name recognition, and can also be an honorific for someone's name.
• Related栄光えいこうNeutralGlory with a sense of brilliance, as in 「栄光の歴史」; grander and more sweeping than 「栄誉」.
• Related評判ひょうばんNeutralPublic estimation or word of mouth, good or bad, and also being talked about; 「栄誉」 is only positive honour.
• Related英名えいめいWrittenDistinguished fame; also means the English name of a plant, animal or organization. Rare in the fame sense.
• Related声望せいぼうWrittenReputation combined with popularity and people's trust; rare even in written prose.
• Related令名れいめいWrittenA fine name, a good reputation; archaic literary word not used in everyday speech.
• Related名聞めいぶんWrittenReputation; can also mean keeping up appearances for the sake of fame. Rare even in written prose.
• Related誉望よぼうWrittenHonour and prestige taken together; rare even in written prose.
• Related栄名えいめいWrittenGlorious fame, an honoured name; rare even in written prose.
• Related盛名せいめいWrittenGreat, flourishing fame; rare even in written prose.
• Antonym不名誉ふめいよNeutralDishonour, disgrace — conduct that damages one's name; the direct opposite of 「栄誉」.
• Antonym恥はじNeutralShame or humiliation felt before others; the opposite pole to the honour of 「栄誉」.

Use 「栄誉」 for honour formally conferred, as in 「国民栄誉賞」. For honour, reputation or face in general choose 「名誉」; for glory and brilliance 「栄光」; for the laurels of a championship 「栄冠」. 「名声」 and 「評判」 are about social repute — 「評判」 can be bad, 「栄誉」 only positive. 「誉れ」 is an elegant literary word; 「高名」 means being famous. The rest — 「声望」「令名」「声誉」「名聞」「誉望」「栄名」「英名」「盛名」 — are rare written words. Opposites: 「不名誉」 and 「恥」.

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1. 輝かがやかしい誉ほまれ。