gallant

Examples

• All

• Montcalm: Colonel Munro, I have known you as a gallant antagonist.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Mary and Babs raise their glasses to Ruth, a gallant lady.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Well, General Jackson, you are a most gallant sight this morning.

  Gods and Generals (2003)

• That was a very gallant speech, Jamie.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Come in, Adrienne, and bring the gallant Captain with you.

  Lady in the Lake (1946)

• It was gallant and wide, and no one had said anything so beautiful to her before or since.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Fellow Americans, here lies a graceful and a gallant man.

  Death of a President (2006)

• The city of Paris salutes the gallant victor!

  Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)

• You, my nobles, you, my gallant general, you, my archbishop, and you, my hero cousin.

  Queen Christina (1934)

• The gallant knight defended the castle with unwavering courage.

Synonyms

D

dignified

vsgallant

64 4.6

Calm and serious in a way that shows self respect and gets respect from others

adds stronger impressive grandeur and noble show

M

majestic

vsgallant

54 4.3

Having great beauty and causing people to feel respect

adds explicit nobility and formal dignity beyond beauty

L

lofty

vsgallant

• Formal

42 5.1

Showing high moral ideas or aims that seem admirable and often not realistic

leans more toward visible grandeur and noble appearance

N

noble

vsgallant

37 3.6

Large and impressive in appearance or manner

emphasizes impressive grandeur even more strongly

R

regal

vsgallant

30 5.3

Having a grand and formal appearance like a king or queen

is broader, stressing nobility and grandeur without royal tie

P

proud

vsgallant

28 1.4

Looking strong and important in a way that makes people feel respect

leans more toward impressive grandeur and formal nobility

S

stately

vsgallant

23 5.7

Having an impressive, calm look that makes people feel respect

stresses grandeur as a central, striking quality

C

courtly

vsgallant

• Literature

6 7.2

Polite and elegant like people at a royal court

is broader, stressing grandeur and public nobility rather than etiquette

P

princely

vsgallant

2 6.0

Show great dignity and generosity like royalty

is less rank specific and more generally grand

E

estately

vsgallant

• Archaic

1 7.8

A person or building with a grand, dignified look that impresses people

puts greater weight on noble grandeur as a trait

A

auguste

vsgallant

• Formal

9.2

Grand and serious in a way that makes people respect it

focuses more on visible grandeur and noble style

Antonyms

C

common

• Offensive

81 5.7

Low quality and often rude in style

U

undignified

10 4.7

Appearing or behaving in a way that makes people lose respect

Compounds

T

top-gallant yard

• Specialized

9.9

A long horizontal pole high on a sailing ship that holds the topgallant sail

How Noble

majestic

54 4.3

stately

23 5.7

gallant

• Literature

6 6.5

noble

318 3.6

dignified

64 4.6

Surface Forms

Etymology