BLUE-BLOODED Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

blue-blooded

adjective

as in aristocratic

of high birth, rank, or station his blue-blooded in-laws and working class parents hit it off despite their different backgrounds

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Recent Examples of blue-blooded Armani’s languid silhouette soon seduced red- and blue-blooded men the world over. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 Legend goes that Princess Diana’s birth family, the Spencers, are actually more blue-blooded than the British royal family, which fans won’t need reminding Lady Di married into when she wed Prince Charles on July 29, 1981. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026 Of course, that won’t stop orange-and-blue-blooded Knicks fans from teeming into the area near the team’s Manhattan arena to watch on bar TVs and big screens as their team — playing 1,580 miles (2,545 kilometers) away in San Antonio — looks to clinch its first title in 53 years. — ABC News, 13 June 2026 Her blue-blooded husband is a silver fox (Hugh Grant) or an Adonis (Alexander Skarsgård). — Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026 The recruiting stars attached to a player’s name do not guarantee success any more than a coach’s blue-blooded bonafides ensure his greatness. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026 Yasmin exited finance altogether, embracing her destiny as the socialite bride-to-be of blue-blooded aristocrat Henry Muck (Kit Harington). — Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Jan. 2026 So just more of these blue-blooded programs down there. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025 The official khipu experts would have been born to blue-blooded families and raised for positions of importance. — ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025

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Kumari plays Sahibjaan, born in a graveyard to a courtesan who was spurned by her husband’s aristocratic family.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
The new European aristocratic romance, which has its world premiere at international TV conference Mipcom tonight, ditches the fairy tale for a more realistic take on an ordinary girl who finds her prince.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026

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The bones are impressive, with rare, double frontage onto two canals, and countless freschi, mosaics and other historic holdovers from its centuries as a noble home.

— Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026
But Dovzhenko goes a step further by making his characters look less like statues than like natural features, the wrinkles on their faces as noble as riverbeds.

— Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of noble

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