Prestige

Quick meaning: Prestige is a noun meaning The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.

Meaning

The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable, video games) The act of starting over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.
2. (countable, video games) A level, rank, or tier corresponding to prestige.
3. (intransitive, video games) To start over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.
4. (transitive, video games) To start (something) over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.
5. (sociolinguistics, of a linguistic form) Regarded as relatively prestigious; often, considered the standard language or language variety, or a part of such a variety.
6. (obsolete, often preceded by the) Delusion; illusion; trick.

Example Sentences

Oxford has a university of very high prestige.

When Season 1 starts, so does prestige for anyone who has reached level 55.

There's new Omnimovement, changes to progression and prestige, the option to share your best weapon builds.

But in such an instance a false belief will appear with all the prestige of the latest scientific knowledge supporting it.

Word Forms

• prestiges
• prestiging
• prestiged

Synonyms for prestige

Depending on context, synonyms include prestigiousness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include prestigiousness, esteem, valuable, dignity, repute, reputation.

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