Synonyms for citation

Noun

1. citation, commendation, award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels

usage: an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement

2. citation, speech act

usage: (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)

3. citation, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation, note, annotation, notation

usage: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"

4. quotation, quote, citation, excerpt, extract, selection

usage: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

5. citation, summons, process

usage: a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding

6. Citation, thoroughbred

usage: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948