| noble | | |
| n. (person) | 1. lord, noble, nobleman | a titled peer of the realm. |
| ~ armiger | a nobleman entitled to bear heraldic arms. |
| ~ baron | a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank. |
| ~ burgrave | a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right. |
| ~ count | a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl. |
| ~ duke | a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank. |
| ~ grandee | a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal. |
| ~ male aristocrat | a man who is an aristocrat. |
| ~ margrave | a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess). |
| ~ marquess, marquis | nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count. |
| ~ mesne lord | a feudal lord who was lord to his own tenants on land held from a superior lord. |
| ~ milord | a term of address for an English lord. |
| ~ palsgrave, palatine | (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands. |
| ~ peer | a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage. |
| ~ sire | a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority. |
| ~ thane | a feudal lord or baron. |
| ~ viscount | (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count. |
| ~ don juan | a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas. |
| ~ mortimer, roger de mortimer | English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330). |
| adj. | 2. baronial, imposing, noble, stately | impressive in appearance.; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns" |
| ~ impressive | making a strong or vivid impression.; "an impressive ceremony" |
| adj. | 3. noble | of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times.; "of noble birth" |
| ~ aristocratic, aristocratical, blue-blooded, patrician, gentle, blue | belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy.; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes" |
| ~ august, lordly, grand | of or befitting a lord.; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage" |
| ~ coroneted, highborn, titled | belonging to the peerage.; "the princess and her coroneted companions"; "the titled classes" |
| ~ regal, majestic, purple, imperial, royal | belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head" |
| ~ kinglike, kingly | having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king.; "symbolizing kingly power"; "the murder of his kingly guest" |
| ~ monarchal, monarchical | having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch.; "monarchical gestures"; "monarchal pomp" |
| ~ princely | having the rank of or befitting a prince.; "a princely bearing"; "princely manner" |
| ~ queenlike, queenly | having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen.; "queenly propriety"; "clad in her queenly raiment"; "Rosetti's queenly portraits of women" |
| ~ royal | being of the rank of a monarch.; "of royal ancestry"; "princes of the blood royal" |
| adj. | 4. noble | having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character.; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds" |
| ~ honourable, honorable | worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect.; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country" |
| ~ dignifying, ennobling | investing with dignity or honor.; "the dignifying effect of his presence"; "the ennobling influence of cultural surroundings" |
| ~ exalted, high-minded, lofty, noble-minded, elevated, high-flown, idealistic, rarefied, rarified, sublime, grand | of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style.; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" |
| ~ greathearted, magnanimous | noble and generous in spirit.; "a greathearted general"; "a magnanimous conqueror" |
| adj. | 5. noble | inert especially toward oxygen.; "a noble gas such as helium or neon"; "noble metals include gold and silver and platinum" |
| ~ unreactive | (chemistry) not reacting chemically. |
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