| Main Entry: | noblesse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nobility |
Synonyms: |
birth, blood, blue blood, dignity, elevation, elite, ennoblement, exaltation, excellence, generosity, gentry, glorification, grandeur, greatness, high society, honor, illustriousness, incorruptibility, integrity, loftiness, magnanimity, magnificence, majesty, nobleness, patricians, peerage, royalty, ruling class, society, stateliness, sublimity, superiority, upper class, uprightness, virtue, worthiness |
| Main Entry: | aristocracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | privileged class, government |
Synonyms: |
elite, gentility, gentry, haut monde, high society, nobility, noblesse, patricians, patriciate, peerage, society, upper class, upper crust |
Antonyms: |
commoners, plebites, proletariat |
| Main Entry: | elegance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivated beauty, taste |
Synonyms: |
breeding, charm, class, courtliness, cultivation, culture, delicacy, dignity, discernment, distinction, exquisiteness, felicity, gentility, good taste, grace, gracefulness, grandeur, hauteur, lushness, luxury, magnificence, nicety, nobility, noblesse, ornateness, polish, politeness, poshness, propriety, purity, refinement, restraint, rhythm, sophistication, splendor, style, sumptuousness, symmetry, tastefulness |
Antonyms: |
crudeness, inelegance, poor taste, roughness, ugliness |
| Main Entry: | urbanity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elegance |
Synonyms: |
breeding, charm, class, courtliness, cultivation, culture, delicacy, dignity, discernment, distinction, elegancy, exquisiteness, felicity, gentility, good taste, grace, gracefulness, grandeur, hauteur, lushness, luxury, magnificence, nicety, nobility, noblesse, ornateness, polish, politeness, poshness, propriety, purity, refinement, restraint, rhythm, sophistication, splendor, style, sumptuousness, symmetry, tastefulness |
| Concept: | Elegance. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional means; language generally; various qualities of style |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
elegance, purity, grace, ease; gracefulness, readiness; concinnity, euphony, numerosity; Atticism, classicalism, classicism., well rounded periods, well turned periods, flowing periods; the right word in the right place; the mot juste [singular], mots justes [plural]; antithesis. purist.
-verbs
point an antithesis, round a period.
-adjectives
elegant, polished, classical, Attic, correct, Cieceronian, artistic; chaste, pure, Saxon, academical., graceful, easy, readable, fluent, flowing, tripping; unaffected, natural, unlabored; mellifluous; euphonious, euphemism, euphemistic; numerose, rhythmical., felicitous, happy, neat; well put, neatly put, well expressed, neatly expressed.
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Antonyms: |
inelegance |
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