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Definitions

consolation prize

NOUN

runner-up prize

Synonyms

WEAK

booby prize second prize silver medal

Antonyms

WEAK

grand prize

Example Sentences

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The consolation prize was a larger role for Presley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Leftovers became less a consolation prize and more a creative challenge.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2024

Pixar will likely accept the record-breaking $1.7-billion worldwide gross for its sequel to the 2015 Oscar winner as a consolation prize for its second-place finish in Round 1 of the BuzzMeter.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

For Wasserman Schultz, a onetime chair of the DNC herself, this party becoming her biggest stage of the night seemed not much of a consolation prize.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2024

Benji had texted the details of the consolation prize last night.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty