Entry Word: gentleman

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a man of high birth or social position <many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were gentlemen who were risking everything>

Synonyms aristocrat, grandee, noble, nobleman, patrician

Related Words squire; cavalier, knight; don, nawab, seigneur, seignior, sheikh (or sheik); baron, baronet, count, duke, earl, esquire, lord, marquess, marquis, prince, thane, viscount; czar (also tsar or tzar), magnate, mogul, nabob; socialite, swell

Near Antonyms boor, churl, cotter (or cottar), fellah, peasant, peon; commoner, plebeian; proletarian; toiler

2 an adult male human being <ladies and gentlemen attending the ball> — see man 1
3 an honorable and courteous man <was such a gentleman that he offered to call a cab for me> — see cavalier