Basic Details
Word: Honoured
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Given great respect or a public award; also feeling proud and grateful to be chosen or asked.
Synonyms: respected, privileged, proud
Antonyms: disgraced, insulted
How to Spell Honoured
Syllables: hon - oured
Tricky part: The h is silent, and British spelling keeps the u: hon-our-ed. Students forget the e of ed and write honourd.
Watch out for: honourd, honnoured, honourred
Memory tip: Our is inside honour: h + on + our. When the past form is needed, add ed, and the r is never doubled.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Kalpana's grandmother was honoured for forty years of teaching in the village school.
Example 2: I feel honoured to be chosen as house captain.
Example 3: The fallen soldiers are honoured every year on the twenty-sixth of July, Kargil Vijay Diwas.
Fun Fact
American English writes honored without the u, but British and Indian English keep it, along with colour, favour and neighbour.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word honoured as used in the sentence:
We are honoured to welcome the Olympic champion to our school's annual day.
a) privileged
b) proud
c) disgraced
d) delighted
Show answer
c) disgraced. To be disgraced is to lose respect, the reverse of being honoured.
Word Cookie
Choose the correct letters to fill in the blanks:
h_no_red
a) u, u
b) o, u
c) a, u
d) o, o
Show answer
b) o, u. Honour has o after h and the ou of our near the end.
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word:
1. neighbour 2. behaviour 3. honourd 4. favourite
a) the way someone acts
b) given great respect or an award
c) liked more than all the others
d) a person who lives next door or nearby
Show answer
b) given great respect or an award. Honourd is missing the e of ed; the past form is honoured.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which pair shows British and American spellings of the same word?
a) honour, honest
b) honoured, honourd
c) honored, honourred
d) honoured, honored
Show answer
d) honoured, honored
2. Which letter is silent in honoured?
a) h
b) d
c) n
d) r
Show answer
a) h
