noble - Definition | Dictionary definition of noble

Definition of noble

Adjectives

impressive in appearance

"a noble tree"

"severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"

Synonyms:: baronial, imposing, stately; impressive
making a strong or vivid impression

of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times

"of noble birth"

Synonyms:: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician
belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; august, grand, lordly
of or befitting a lord; coroneted, highborn, titled
belonging to the peerage; imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal
belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; kinglike, kingly
having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king; monarchal, monarchical
having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch; princely
having the rank of or befitting a prince; queenlike, queenly
having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen

Antonyms:: lowborn
of humble birth or origins; low-class, lower-class
occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society; base, baseborn, humble, lowly
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); common, plebeian, unwashed, vulgar
of or associated with the great masses of people; ignoble, ungentle, untitled
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having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character

"a noble spirit"

"noble deeds"

Synonyms:: honorable, honourable
worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; dignifying, ennobling
investing with dignity or honor; elevated, exalted, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; greathearted, magnanimous
noble and generous in spirit

Antonyms:: ignoble
completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; cowardly, fearful
lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; contemptible
deserving of contempt or scorn; dishonorable, dishonourable
lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; base, mean, meanspirited
having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; currish
base and cowardly; show more antonyms...

inert especially toward oxygen

"a noble gas such as helium or neon"

"noble metals include gold and silver and platinum"

Synonyms:: unreactive
(chemistry) not reacting chemically

Nouns

a titled peer of the realm

Synonyms:: Lord, nobleman

Antonyms:: noblewoman
a woman of the peerage in Britain; Lady, peeress; Lady
a woman of the peerage in Britain; show more antonyms...

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a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas; Roger de Mortimer
English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330); First Marquess Cornwallis
commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805); Duke of Lancaster
the fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II; his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399); Earl of Leicester
an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265); Nancy Witcher Astor
British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964)

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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; count palatine
a count who exercised royal authority in his own domain; landgrave
a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany; duke
a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank; grandee
a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal; 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; palatine, palsgrave
(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; baron
a British peer of the lowest rank; duke
a British peer of the highest rank; earl
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount; Earl Marshal
an officer of the English peerage who organizes royal processions and other ceremonies; life peer
a British peer whose title lapses at death; marquess
a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl; peer of the realm
a peer who is entitled to sit in the House of Lords; viscount
a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron; viscountess
a noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right; 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