BARONET Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

baronet

noun

Definition of baronet

as in earl

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Recent Examples of baronet Connie is married to a baronet, Clifford, who has been made impotent by a war wound, and Mellors is the gamekeeper on Clifford’s estate, Wragby. — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 The baronet wanders around his castle numb on heroin, reeling from his spectacular flameout as CEO of Lumi and the recent loss of his seat in Parliament. — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2026 The iconic museum attracts many thanks to its various exhibits and extensive art collection of roughly 9,000 objects belonging to Sir William Holbourne, the fifth baronet of Menstrie. — Kayla Keegan, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026 For one, Lady Valerie Meux, a banjo-playing music hall singer who married a British baronet, became a social sensation and quirky philanthropist, and was known to drive around London in a carriage pulled by a pair of zebras. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024 As a baronet descended, Brooksbank comes from the only class of British nobility not part of the peerage, the ranks of which consist (in descending order of precedence) of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. — Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Apr. 2023 Fanny Price, an outsider at Mansfield, undergoes a series of harrowing social trials, and marries the baronet’s son. — Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023

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Noun

Burnard and O’Shaughnessy point out that, whereas Britain regularly sent nobles to govern the Caribbean colonies—and dukes and earls to Ireland—the men appointed to administer the thirteen colonies more often lacked titles and were paid less.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
While this is partly because her father is an earl, the other part of her background honors the fact that her mother was a housemaid.

— Patricia A. Matthew, Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026

Definition of earl

Noun

The writer and former white supremacist Richard Hanania was once the toast of MAGA-curious tech barons and reactionary intellectuals.

— Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
That same shot also features Digger’s ailing pet cat, who is wearing a collar with a pendant that matches the oil baron’s bolo tie…as well as a cloudy blue eye that appears to be a strikingly similar hue.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

Definition of baron

Noun

Under the law, the remaining earls, viscounts and dukes who inherited their seats in the chamber along with their aristocratic titles will leave Parliament for good when the current session concludes this spring.

— Peter Weber, TheWeek, 12 Mar. 2026
Members of the upper chamber dropped their objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited their seats in the House of Lords, The Associated Press reported.

— Jared Gans, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2026

Definition of viscount

Noun

The marquess, however, decided not to buy the painting, which belongs to a private collection and, before now, has only ever been on public display once.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Mar. 2026
The agreement with the marquess allows Kays to take up to 25,000 tons of granite off the island by 2050.

— Matt Slater, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026

Definition of marquess

Noun

But Buckingham Palace staff are reportedly unhappy again about the idea of accommodating the duke.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
The duke returned to his home country Monday, July 6, but has spent much of this week alone, after his plans to bring wife Meghan, 44, and their children, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, to London were canceled amid a falling out over security.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 10 July 2026

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The bulk of the original tale — Lara’s encounter with her sea witch aunt Grace, her emergence into the world of humans, her romance with a dashing prince — is sped through in the show’s first 15 minutes.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
The unidentified sitter, meanwhile, is believed to be a wife of a nawab, or an Indian prince.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of prince

Noun

Tom Holland comes across as a vulnerable princeling without being petulant or drippy.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
With both Aegon and Aemond in the wind, that leaves the other princeling as a prospective blood heir to the Iron Throne — and the Greens already pulled one over on Rhaenyra once before.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026

Definition of princeling

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