Accolade

/ˈæk.ə.ˌleɪd/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:13 ptsWWF:16 pts8 letters

Definition of Accolade

noun

An expression of approval; praise.
A special acknowledgment; an award.
An embrace of greeting or salutation.
A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.
A brace used to join two or more staves.

verb

To embrace or kiss in salutation.
To confer a knighthood on.
To confer praise or awards on.
"an accoladed novel"

noun

Either of the two characters { and }, i.e., left curly bracket left curly bracket and right curly bracket right curly bracket, with the shape of a curved, pointed line, having various uses in math, music, and computer programming.

Anagrams of Accolade

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "accolade":

7-LETTER WORDS

6-LETTER WORDS

alcade caecal cloaca coaled colead

5-LETTER WORDS

acold cacao caeca cecal clade coala codec coled decal dolce laced

4-LETTER WORDS

aced alae alec aloe caca cade calo ceca clad clod coal coca coda code coed+16 more

3-LETTER WORDS

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "accolade" and rearranging:

Related Word Patterns

AC...Words starting with "ac"...DEWords ending with "de"All 8-letter words Unscramble "accolade"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

panegyricaccoladebracecurly brace

Rhyming Words

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