menschy

adjective

as in chivalrous

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for menschy
  1. chivalrous
  2. classy
  3. high-minded
  4. unassailable
  5. unimpeachable
  6. moral
  7. virtuous
  8. guiltless
Adjective
  • The sale isn’t technically on until July 18, but the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale preview has revealed, in its chivalrous early access, all that’s set to be on sale for the event this year.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026
  • In this illustration for a gossip column printed sometime in 1831-2, the writer George Sand is on the protective, even chivalrous arm of a man, but she’s also dressed in men’s clothes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Definition of chivalrous
Adjective
  • Kevin Danso, who closed the season as his starting centre-back, and Cristian Romero have been replaced in the starting line-up by Jan Paul van Hecke, a classy but less physically dominant defender than the outgoers.
    — Elias Burke, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Roy takes a literal approach to the assignment by stacking one date on top of another at the same classy nightspot.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of classy
Adjective
  • Sure, high-minded series about radical inventions and space exploration fit the brand of a sleek, cool, tech company shilling prestige TV.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2026
  • For this is the unintentionally funny story of what happens when utterly unhinged and high-minded hubris becomes your guiding light.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of high-minded
Adjective
  • It's got a great business, unassailable business, not a monopoly, but close to it.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
  • All of which is beating around the bush on the way to say that the set was pretty unassailable for an abridgement of what is about to come on tour.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of unassailable
Adjective
  • As upsetting as that might sound, Hart’s deft handling of tough material is on full display here, as is a pair of truly lovely performances from Sunny Sandler (Sophie herself) and the unimpeachable Melanie Lynskey as her mother Elizabeth.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
  • With everyone else, she was detached, her behavior unimpeachable.
    — Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
Definition of unimpeachable
Adjective
  • The eighteenth century was an age not only of revolution and empire but also of enlightenment animated by the idea of progress—political, scientific, economic, technological, and moral.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The moral case for free markets is not that every outcome is perfect.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of moral
Adjective
  • All this creates a virtuous flywheel where more use of AI agents creates more demand for Dell’s servers, and vice versa.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • In fact, in this retelling, their free will and autonomy are essential elements of that virtuous cycle, rather than subjugated by it.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of virtuous
Adjective
  • In any year, in any culture, there are no antagonists (save for Nazis) better suited as action cinema heavies; rooting against child trafficking lowlifes is moral, easy, and best of all, a completely guiltless pleasure.
    — Andy Crump, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
  • Chick lit was flippant and fizzy and fun, above all, as effervescent and guiltless as a vodka soda.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 4 May 2026
Definition of guiltless
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