honorary
Speech parts
1. honorary - Noun
2. honorary - Adjective
3. honorary - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars.
An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price.
Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services.
Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree.
Holding a title or place without rendering service or receiving reward; as, an honorary member of a society.
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Examples
People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new Mercedes?
Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.
I'm really an honorary Jew, you know; all the best people are. I really do feel Jewish, even though I'm a Catholic. The way the Church has been behaving, I'm happy to be Jewish.
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.
I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.
I'm married to an American, and although we live in Europe, I think of myself as an honorary American.