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lord

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of lord

1 a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field

  • as lords of the local real estate scene, they own nearly all of the city's prime pieces of property
Synonyms of lord

baron, captain, czar (also tsar), king, lion, magnate, mogul, monarch, Napoleon, prince, tycoon
Words Related to lord

big boy, big cheese, bigfoot, biggie, big gun, big shot, big wheel, bigwig, fat cat, figure, heavy, heavyweight, honcho, kahuna, main man, mover and shaker, nabob, nawab, notable, personage, pooh-bah (also poo-bah), supremo [chiefly British], VIP

celebrity, personality, star, superstar

deity, demigod, god
Near Antonyms of lord

half-pint, lightweight, small-timer

inferior, subordinate, underling

nobody, nothing, zero

2 capitalized the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe

  • at this point all that we can do is put our fate in the hands of the Lord
Synonyms of lord

Allah, Almighty, Author, Creator, deity, Divinity, Eternal, Everlasting, Father, God, Godhead, Jehovah, King, Maker, Providence, Supreme Being, Yahweh (also Jahveh)

3 a man of high birth or social position

  • lords and ladies arriving at the palace
Synonyms of lord

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

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 lord

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

commoner, pleb, plebeian

proletarian

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