nonnoble

Examples

• All

• The paradoxes in the artist's works are matched only by those in his actual life, a murderer who became the greatest painter of his age, a nonnoble who became a member of a chivalric order.

  Academic text (2012)

• Throughout history, many nonnobles have risen to prominence through their contributions to society.

• Despite being a nonnoble, he worked hard and earned the respect of the entire community.

• The story follows a nonnoble hero who challenges the aristocracy to improve the lives of common people.

Synonyms

C

commoner

vsnonnoble

31 4.2

A person without a noble title who is an ordinary member of society

is formed by negating noble and is less usual than the everyday term

C

common person

vsnonnoble

1 1.4

A person who has no title and is an ordinary member of society

is a negated-form label rather than a plain descriptive phrase

N

nonaristocratic

vsnonnoble

5.9

A person who is not from the rich upper class

is about lacking noble birth or rank rather than formal class membership

N

non-elite

vsnonnoble

4.6

A person who is not part of the top or most powerful group

is limited to lacking noble birth or rank, not any elite status

Antonyms

N

noble

128 4.4

Being from a high social family by birth

A

aristocrat

38 6.5

A person from the highest social class, often by birth or title

How Noble

royal

497 3.1

aristocrat

38 6.5

noble

128 4.4

nonnoble

7.4

commoner

31 4.2

peasant

157 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology