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lords

noun , plural of lord

Synonyms and Antonyms of lords

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 lords

barons, captains, czars (also tsars), kings, lions, magnates, moguls, monarchs, Napoleons, princes, tycoons

Words Related to lords

big boys, big cheeses, bigfeet (or bigfoots), biggies, big guns, big shots, big wheels, bigwigs, fat cats, figures, heavies, heavyweights, honchos, kahunas, main men, movers and shakers, nabobs, nawabs, notables, personages, pooh-bahs (also poo-bahs), supremos [chiefly British], VIPs

celebrities, personalities, stars, superstars

deities, demigods, gods

Near Antonyms of lords

half-pints, lightweights, small-timers

inferiors, subordinates, underlings

nobodies, zeros (also zeroes)

2 a man of high birth or social position

lords and ladies arriving at the palace

Synonyms of lords

gentlemen, grandees, milords, noblemen, peers

Words Related to lords

country gentlemen, squires

cavaliers, chevaliers, knights

dons, hidalgos, nabobs, nawabs, seigneurs, seigniors, sheikhs (or sheiks)

barons, baronets, counts, dukes, earls, esquires, marchesi, margraves, marquesses (or marquises), masters, princes, princelets, princelings, rajas, viscounts

lordships, sires [archaic]

Near Antonyms of lords

boors, churls, cottars (or cotters), fellahin (also fellaheen), peasants, peons (or peones)

commoners, plebs, plebeians

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