Honors is the distinction awarded to degrees earned with excellent grades. An honors degree, graduate with honors, honors student.
This is the American spelling; British English writes honours, and the British system grades an honours degree as first, upper second, lower second or third. In America, honors is also a category of school class taken by stronger students, and Latin honors — cum laude and its higher grades — are printed on the certificate. Note honors thesis; and that the singular honor covers quite different ground.
1nounhonorsThe distinction awarded to degrees earned with excellent grades.
“She graduated with honors and got a job at a top law firm.”
honors is an academic distinction.
Also accepted in games: honours