lord

lord

noun

Definition of LORD

1

a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field <as lords of the local real estate scene, they own nearly all of the city's prime pieces of property>

Synonyms baron, captain, czar (also tsar or tzar), king, lion, lord, mogul, monarch, Napoleon, prince, tycoon

Related Words big boy, big cheese, bigfoot, biggie, big gun, big shot, big wheel, bigwig, fat cat, figure, heavy, heavyweight, honcho, kahuna, main man, mover and shaker, nabob, nawab, notable, personage, pooh-bah (also poo-bah), supremo [chiefly British], VIP; celebrity, personality, star, superstar; deity, demigod, god

Near Antonyms half-pint, lightweight, small-timer; inferior, subordinate, underling; nobody, nothing, zero

the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe <at this point all that we can do is put our fate in the hands of the Lord>

Synonyms Allah, Almighty, Author, Creator, Divinity, Eternal, Everlasting, Father, God, Godhead, Jehovah, Lord, Maker, Providence, Supreme Being, Yahweh (also Jahveh or Yahveh)

3

a man of high birth or social position <lords and ladies arriving at the palace>

Synonyms grandee, lord, milord, nobleman, peer

Related Words country gentleman, squire; cavalier, chevalier, knight; don, hidalgo, nabob, nawab, seigneur, seignior, sheikh (or sheik); baron, baronet, count, duke, earl, esquire, marchese, margrave, marquess (or marquis), master, prince, princelet, princeling, raja, viscount; lordship, sire [archaic]

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