nobility

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.
2. (uncountable) The quality of being noble.

Opposite of

plebeian, meanness, ignobility

Synonyms

aristocracy

dignity

nobleness

greatness

nobles

gentry

loftiness

sublimity

generosity

upper class

peerage

grandeur

noblesse

gentlefolk

class

bureaucrat

gentility

second estate

respectability

value

goodness

magnanimity

rank

majesty

aristocrat

magnanimousness

Lords Temporal

high class

high-mindedness

royalty

order

peer

politeness

position

preciousness

prestige

purity

quality

refinement

renown

respect

sanctity

sovereignty

spirituality

splendour

station

🚉

status

tactfulness

title

urbanity

Translations

noblesse

nobiltà

Adel

nobleza

nobreza

adel

ευγένεια

aristocratie

Adelsstand

edelen

noblesa

aristocrazia

soyluluk

Pronounced as (IPA)

/noʊˈbɪlɪti/

Etymology

From Old French nobilité, from Latin nobilitas. Equivalent to noble + -ity.