noble

Examples

• All

• Only those of noble blood can serve as knights.

  Love Don’t Fade Away (2023)

• This man is part of a noble dynasty.

  The British Museum

• And indeed it was Mother who had the noble title; Father was merely a clever man.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Do you think love between a noble and a commoner could ever work?

  The ARK (2022)

• I've heard that you are of noble birth yourself.

  Spartacus (1960)

• In the following centuries, great noble families such as the Habsburgs and the Luxembourgs came to power.

  Academic text (2008)

• The object of the quest is unattainable, but the quest itself is a noble and worthwhile thing.

• "Although I am now destitute, I am of noble birth, a descendant of Mexica kings.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Nobles wore fine clothing and owned swords, and noble women possessed silver jewelry.

  Academic text (1992)

• The duke is a noble who has inherited vast estates from generations of aristocrats.

Synonyms

A

aristocratic

vsnoble

20 7.2

Like people from rich, important families who have high social rank

focuses specifically on hereditary lineage and traditional family titles

B

blue

vsnoble

• UK

19 8.1

Belonging to a rich, important family

expresses the same meaning but uses a different descriptive expression

P

patrician

vsnoble

5 8.6

Having polite, elegant manners like upper class people

refers more to family lineage and inherited social rank than manners

T

titled

vsnoble

• Formal

4 6.1

A person who has an official noble rank like baron or duke

includes both family lineage and formal rank rather than just official title

L

lordly

vsnoble

2 8.1

Grand and dignified in a way a rich, powerful person acts

connects instead to hereditary social rank and official family lineage

H

highborn

vsnoble

• Literature

2 7.5

A person from a noble or upper-class family

includes those with rank by title as well as by birth

B

baronial

vsnoble

1 8.5

Large and impressive, like a lord's old house or small castle

focuses on birth and hereditary rank rather than just grand style

W

wellborn

vsnoble

• Archaic

1 9.1

A person who comes from a rich or upper-class family

covers that birth background but also relates to rank or title

G

gentle

vsnoble

• Archaic

1 9.1

Born into a noble family

refers more to hereditary rank by birth or title rather than manners

H

highbred

vsnoble

• Literature

1 7.4

A person from a noble or wealthy family with polite, refined manners

emphasizes birth and title more than polite manners or refinement

A

aristocratical

vsnoble

• Archaic

1 9.9

Belonging to the noble class and showing their manners and style

is the same meaning but uses an alternate adjective form

C

coroneted

vsnoble

• Formal

9.9

A person from a noble family who can wear a small crown

is broader, applying to hereditary or titled rank beyond peerage and coronets

Antonyms

C

common

∞ 1.0

Happening often or seen in many places

O

ordinary

681 1.0

Normal and not special or unusual

L

lowborn

• Archaic

1 7.4

A person from a family that is not rich or important

Compounds

N

noble gas

• Specialized

1 3.8

A gas that does not react with other chemicals, like helium or neon

N

noble metal

• Specialized

1 6.4

A metal that does not get damaged by air or water, like gold and platinum

D

danseur noble

• Jargon

1 9.9

A man who dances in ballet and performs the main male roles with grace

N

noble-mindedness

7.9

A quality of thinking and acting with high moral standards and fairness

N

noble cane

8.0

A sugar cane plant with large juicy stalks and a lot of sugar

How Noble

aristocratic

20 7.2

noble

28 4.4

genteel

13 7.7

ignoble

8.1

lowborn

• Archaic

1 7.4

common

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology