kudos

Preposition: of

• approval: This is the BBC's cultural channel which is stamped with the kudos of intelligentsia approval.

Converse of object

• deserve: I believe she deserves kudos for just putting up with some of the drama that comes with her job.
• earn: She earned further kudos on a school trip to Devon.
• attach: There's a lot of kudos attached to having a presence on the Web!
• gain: For him to gain any kudos from the deaths of good men would be loathesome.
• win: The game starts with you turning up in town, looking to score some races and win some kudos.
• carry: Being the first sportsman to win a reality TV show carries much kudos.

Adjective modifier

• huge: The Test team, along with the Live Team, gets a huge kudos from me for that.
• much: How much kudos is there really in beating Milan's B team or Ajax on an off day?
• political: They don't feel they will get political kudos out of it.
• special: This film is outstandingly kitted out in every respect, with special kudos due Abbott's extraordinary editing effort.
• major: It still works, which is a major kudos to Apple from a PC person.
• more: More kudos must go to Jack Emery, who played Ralph.

Modifies a noun

• point: Head to head racing by system link to see who's the fastest driver and who can earn the most kudos points.
• system: Along the same lines, Bizarre has tweaked the game's kudos system, which rewards players for skillful driving during a race.
• bath: The stylish built-in rail of the kudos bath screen allows for a towel to be conveniently placed for increased comfort and safety.

Noun used with modifier

• community: Strong design and high standards are not a luxury to be employed in the hope of awards, accreditations or design community kudos.
• band: Band kudos: Ghost of the Robot only has about 500 friends on myspace.
• quot: Quot quot kudos change will open first prize of with many more.
• playground: Think of the playground kudos a viewing of that would have given me.