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stately
Synonyms and Antonyms of stately
- The monarch watched the ceremony with stately aloofness.
- a stately procession down the aisle
august, baronial, gallant, glorious, grand, heroic (also heroical), imposing, lavish, luxurious, magnificent, monumental, noble, ornate, proud, regal, rich, royal, splendid, superb
artful, genteel, polished, sophisticated
classic, conservative, exquisite, quiet, restrained, simple, understated
à la mode (also a la mode), chic, fashionable, in, modish, posh, sharp, sleek, smart, snappy, stylish, swagger, swank (or swanky)
cheesy, coarse, crude, flamboyant, flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, grotesque, loud, raffish, splashy, tacky, tawdry, ticky-tacky (also ticky-tack)
rough-edged, rough-hewn, rude, trashy, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar
- stately plantation homes that are now open to the public as museums
colossal, monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, tremendous
kingly, lordly, princely, queenly
awesome, awful, cosmic (also cosmical), sublime, wondrous
formidable, impressive, prepossessing, redoubtable
apocalyptic (also apocalyptical), inflated, operatic, overblown, pompous
marvelous (or marvellous), superb, terrific, wonderful
extravagant, lavish, luxurious, opulent, palatial, palatine, sumptuous
gorgeous, resplendent, splendiferous
- a stately composition that has served as the musical accompaniment for countless graduations and other ceremonial occasions
affected, bombastic, declamatory, florid, flowery, grandiloquent, grandiose, highfalutin (also hifalutin), oratorical, pompous, pretentious, rhetorical (also rhetoric), stilted
classy, courtly, fine, graceful, tasteful
aristocratic, genteel, patrician
correct, educated, grammatical, proper
academic (also academical), bookish, learned, literary
casual, colloquial, conversational, informal, nonformal, slangy, unbookish, unliterary, vernacular
coarse, common, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, indecent, lowbred, lowbrow, rough, rough-hewn, rude, tasteless, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar
incorrect, substandard, uneducated, ungrammatical, unlearned
Synonym Discussion of stately
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- a grand staircase
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- magnificent paintings
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- an imposing edifice
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- the stately procession
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- a majestic waterfall
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- grandiose hydroelectric projects
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- grandiose schemes
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