Synonyms of patrician

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adjective

as in aristocratic

of high birth, rank, or station

came from a patrician family

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aristocratic
• noble
• upper-class
• upper-crust
• genteel
• highborn
• gentle
• great
• blue-blooded
• grand
• royal
• highbred
• silk-stocking
• wellborn
• exalted
• superior
• regal
• princely
• lofty
• queenly
• kingly
• gentlemanly
• high
• senior
• knightly
• lordly
• ladylike
• high-level
• ennobled
• elevated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plebeian
• common
• lower-class
• humble
• low
• ignoble
• lowly
• mean
• inferior
• bastard
• ordinary
• illegitimate
• plain
• nonaristocratic
• baseborn
• knavish
• ungenteel
• junior
• subordinate
• degraded
• abased

patrician

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noun

pə-ˈtri-shən 

as in aristocrat

a man or woman of high birth or social position

the Southern patricians who once resided in these stately plantation homes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aristocrat
• noble
• gentle
• blue blood
• magnate
• socialite
• gentleperson
• nabob
• mogul
• gentlefolk
• swell
• magnifico

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• commoner
• proletarian
• plebeian
• canaille
• peasant
• pleb
• peon
• boor
• fellah
• roturier

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of patrician

Adjective

Editorials dissected how to achieve the brand’s traditional, patrician look, while TikTok and Instagram filled with home décor hauls inspired by the label’s timeless Americana. — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Feb. 2026

As the band’s patrician, party-animal bassist, however, Roberts is quite lively, though her subplot takes a backseat to the film’s other story lines. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025

Noun

Because this is the most dazzling, patrician and talked-about hotel to have opened in London this century—with great bones, spirit, heritage, and style; not to mention sybaritic restaurants, bars, and wellness spaces. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026

The show follows Wiig’s wannabe patrician Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons, who is hell-bent on becoming the belle of 1960’s Palm Beach by elbowing her way into the upper echelons of Florida’s most exclusive beach club, the Palm Royale. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026