consolation prize

NOUN

runner-up prize

Synonyms

WEAK

booby prize second prize silver medal

Antonyms

WEAK

grand prize

Example Sentences

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But they did grant Bogle a small consolation prize.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

This is what a consolation prize feels like.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

A play-off spot would have been viewed as an unlikely consolation prize at the start of the season.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025

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

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2024

He had hoped that this consolation prize would settle Minerva happily in Ojo de Agua.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez