| 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: | nobility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aristocracy; eminence |
Synonyms: |
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: | 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 |
| Concept: | Nobility. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections |
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-nouns
nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy, blood, pur sang, birth, high descent, order; quality, gentility; blue blood of Castile; ancien regime., high life, haute monde; upper classes, upper ten thousand; the four hundred [U. S.]; elite, aristocracy, great folks; fashionable world (fashion)., peer, peerage; house of lords, house of peers; lords, lords temporal and spiritual; noblesse; noble, nobleman; lord, lordling; grandee, magnifico, hidalgo; daimio, daimyo, samurai, shizoku [all Japanese]; don, donship; aristocrat, swell, three-tailed bashaw; gentleman, squire, squireen, patrician, laureate., gentry, gentlefolk; squirarchy, better sort, magnates, primates, optimates; pantisocracy., king (master); atheling; prince, duke; marquis, marquisate; earl, viscount, baron, thane, banneret; baronet, baronetcy; knight, knighthood; count, armiger, laird; signior, seignior; esquire, boyar, margrave, vavasour; emir, ameer, scherif, sharif, effendi, wali; sahib; chevalier, maharaja, nawab, palsgrave, pasha, rajah, waldgrave., princess, begum, duchess, marchioness; countess; lady, dame; memsahib; maharani, rani., personage of distinction, man of distinction, personage of rank, man of rank, personage of mark, man of mark; notables, nobilities; celebrity, bigwig, magnate, great man, star; big bug; big gun, great gun; gilded rooster [U.S.]; magni nominis umbra [Lucan]; "every inch a king" [Lear].
-verbs
be noble
-adjectives
noble, exalted; of rank; princely, titled, patrician, aristocratic; high-born, well-born; of gentle blood; genteel, comme il faut, gentlemanlike, courtly (fashionable) [more]; highly respectable.
-adverbs
in high quarters.
-phrases
Adel sitzt im Gemuthe nicht im Gebluete [Ger.]; adelig und edel sind zweierlei [Ger.]; noblesse oblige [Fr.].
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Antonyms: |
commonalty |
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