Synonyms of grandee

grandee

noun

gran-ˈdē 

as in nobleman

a man of high birth or social position

only a Spanish grandee—and no one of lesser rank—can address comments to the king and queen of Spain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nobleman
• gentleman
• milord
• peer
• lord
• knight
• prince
• squire
• chevalier
• baron
• cavalier
• princeling
• baronet
• sheikh
• country gentleman
• nabob
• duke
• hidalgo
• nawab
• viscount
• earl
• seigneur
• seignior
• marquess
• esquire
• raja
• margrave
• don
• master
• lordship
• count
• sire
• marchese
• princelet

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peasant
• peon
• boor
• fellah
• commoner
• churl
• proletarian
• cottar
• plebeian
• pleb
• toiler

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of grandee

To further add fuel to the fire, Vinod Khosla, the Silicon Valley grandee warned at the AI summit that the country’s IT services industry will cease to exist in its current form by 2030. — Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 14 Mar. 2026

Days earlier, the longtime political grandee who had a reputation as a ruthless political fixer, had stepped down as a member of the House of Lords. — Camille Behnke, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026

An editor could pick up the phone and try to get a former secretary of state or the treasury, a grandee of the House or Senate, and probably even ex-president or vice-president and pitch them to review a book with a reasonable chance of success. — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026

Instead, the concept has been perverted to mean higher-ed grandees' exclusive right to determine who participates in scholarly life. — Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025

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