GRANDEE Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of grandee 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 Suffice it to say, with credentials such as this, a charivari of fashion-week regulars, media, film and musical grandees and not a few New York and London tatterdemalions showed for the September 12 bacchanal on Church Street. —

Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 In those days, the thing to do when opening a new store was partner with a local charity to host a big event: Make nice with the hometown grandees, bring in some likely customers. —

Gene Pressman, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for grandee

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Two French soldiers carry the Infanta of Spain’s portrait to young Louis XIV, joined by Alejandro, a Spanish nobleman enthralled by science, colonization and the New World’s promises.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 11 May 2026
During the five years between the Battle of Puebla and Mexico’s independence, France installed an emperor, Austrian nobleman Maximilian I, who brought with him brewers from his home country.

— Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026