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gentleman

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of gentleman

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 of gentleman

grandee, lord, milord, nobleman, peer
Words Related to gentleman

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 of gentleman

boor, churl, fellah, peasant, peon

commoner, pleb, plebeian

proletarian
2 an adult male human being
  • Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats.
Synonyms of gentleman

buck, dude, fella, fellow, gent, guy, hombre, joker, lad, male, man
Words Related to gentleman

master, mister, sir

buddy, buster
3 an honorable and courteous man
  • The host was such a gentleman that he offered to call a cab for me.
Synonyms of gentleman

cavalier
Words Related to gentleman

Galahad, knight, prince

beau, Beau Brummell, blade, blood, buck, dandy, dude, fop, gallant

captivator, charmer, ladies' man (also lady's man), smoothy (or smoothie)

aristocrat, patrician, swell

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