nobility | Definition of nobility

Synonyms and Antonyms of nobility

1 impressiveness of beauty on a large scale

was struck by the nobility of such an old, distinguished castle

Synonyms of nobility

augustness, brilliance, gloriousness, glory, gorgeousness, grandeur, grandness, magnificence, majesty, nobleness, resplendence, resplendency, splendidness, splendiferousness, splendor, stateliness, stupendousness, sublimeness, superbness

Words Related to nobility

awesomeness, formidability, marvelousness, wonderfulness, wondrousness

dignity, elegance, grace

lavishness, luxuriance, luxuriousness, luxury, opulence, princeliness, richness, sumptuousness

grandiosity, ostentation, pretentiousness

elaborateness, flashiness, gaudiness, ornateness, poshness, ritziness, showiness, swankiness

extraordinariness, remarkableness

2 the highest class in a society

wealthy plantation owners constituted the nobility of colonial Virginia

Synonyms of nobility

aristocracy, elite, gentility, gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), gentry, patriciate, quality, upper class, upper crust

Words Related to nobility

A-list, beau monde, beautiful people, café society, Four Hundred (or 400), glitterati, haut monde (also haute monde), jet set, society

carriage trade, plutocracy

Near Antonyms of nobility

commoners, (the) crowd, (the) masses, peasantry, peonage, (the) people, plebeians, plebs, (the) populace, (the) public, rank and file

bourgeoisie, middle class, working class

dregs, (the) herd, (the) mob, rabble, rabblement, riffraff, scum, trash

Antonyms of nobility

proletarians, proletariat