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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, cottar (or cotter), fellah, peasant, peon

commoner, pleb, plebeian

proletarian

toiler

2 an adult male human being

  • ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats
Synonyms of gentleman

bastard, bloke [chiefly British], buck, cat, chap [chiefly British], chappie [British], dude, fella, fellow, galoot [slang], gent, guy, hombre, jack, joe, joker, lad, male, man
Words Related to gentleman

master, mister, sir

buddy, buster

3 an honorable and courteous man

  • 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, jay, petit-maître

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

aristocrat, patrician, swell, toff [chiefly British]

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