honorary

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Given as an honor/honour, with no duties attached, and without payment.
2. (not-comparable) Voluntary.
3. (not-comparable) Unofficial; practically. Describes the holder of an unofficial position or title that is assigned as a special honor rather than by normal channels.

Noun

1. A person who holds an honorary appointment.
2. (US) A kind of secret society that operates in name only, with membership given to honor some achievement.

Noun

An honorarium; a fee for services of no fixed value.

Synonyms

honorable

honourable

honoured

commemorative

emeritus

honored

honorable

honourable

honored

honorific

honoured

titular

tributary

voluntary

titulary

dearworthy

monumental

favored

glorious

hon

honor

memorial

beloved

moral

righteous

solicited

testimonial

Translations

honoraire

honorifique

ehrenamtlich

weledel

ere-

weledelgeboren

honorario

honorair

eervol

επίτιμος

ehrenhaft

ehren

onorario

شرفي

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɑn.əˌɹɛɹ.i/

Etymology

Cognate with French: honoraire

In summary

From honor + -ary, modelled after French honoraire, from Latin honōrārius.

Sentences

Later , Visin became an honorary citizen of Trieste .