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| Main Entry: |
aristocratic
 [uh-ris-tuh-krat-ik, ar-uh-stuh-] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | privileged, elegant |
| Synonyms: | aloof, blue-blooded, courtly, dignified, elegant, elite, fine, haughty, noble, patrician, polished, refined, snobbish, stylish, upper-class, well-born, well-bred |
| Antonyms: | low-born, low-life, poor, unprivileged, vulgar, wanting |
| Main Entry: | dignified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honorable |
| Synonyms: | aristocratic, august, courtly, decorous, distinguished, distingué, eminent, formal, grand, grave, great, highbrow, highfalutin', imperial, imperious, lofty, magisterial, magnificent, nifty*, noble, proud, refined, regal, reserved, respected, solemn, somber, stately, superior, upright |
| Antonyms: | dishonorable, indecorous, undignified |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distinguished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | famous, outstanding |
| Synonyms: | acclaimed, aristocratic, arresting, big name, brilliant, celebrated, conspicuous, dignified, distingué, eminent, especial, esteemed, extraordinary, famed, foremost, glorious, great, highly regarded, honored, illustrious, imposing, marked, memorable, name, noble, nonpareil, notable, noted, noteworthy, peerless, prominent, remarkable, renowned, reputable, royal, salient, shining, signal, singular, special, stately, striking, superior, talked of, unforgettable, venerable, well-known |
| Antonyms: | common, insignificant, ordinary, standard, unextraordinary, unknown |
Example Sentences
- The district is also notable for the preservation of its aristocratic estates and gilded age mansions.
- Welfare antedates parliamentary democracy as it adapts from earlier aristocratic traditions of civil service stewardship.
- She speaks with an aristocratic intonation, but is no snob.
| Main Entry: | elegant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, tasteful |
| Synonyms: | affected, appropriate, apt, aristocratic, artistic, august, chic, choice, classic, clever, comely, courtly, cultivated, cultured, dainty, delicate, dignified, effective, exquisite, fancy, fashionable, fine, genteel, graceful, grand, handsome, ingenious, luxurious, majestic, modish, neat, nice, noble, opulent, ornamented, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, polished, rare, recherché, refined, rich, select, simple, stately, stuffy, stylish, stylized, sumptuous, superior, turgid, well-bred |
| Antonyms: | crude, inelegant, rough, ugly, unfashionable, unrefined, unsophisticated, untasteful |
| Main Entry: | elite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best, first-class |
| Synonyms: | aristocratic, choice, cool*, crack*, elect, exclusive, gilt-edged, greatest, noble, out of sight, out of this world, pick, selected, super, tip-top, top, top drawer, top-notch, topflight, upper-class, world-class |
| Antonyms: | common, low-class, lower, lower-class, ordinary, poor, worst |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exclusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unshared, restricted |
| Synonyms: | absolute, aloof, aristocratic, chic, choice, chosen, circumscribed, clannish, classy, cliquish, closed, complete, confined, country club, discriminative, elegant, entire, exclusionary, exclusory, fashionable, full, independent, licensed, limited, narrow, only, particular, peculiar, posh, preferential, private, privileged, prohibitive, restrictive, ritzy, segregated, select, selfish, single, snobbish, socially correct, sole, swank, total, undivided, unique, upper crust, whole |
| Antonyms: | divided, part, partial, shared, unlimited, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | genteel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sophisticated, cultured |
| Synonyms: | affected, aristocratic, artificial, chivalrous, civil, confined, courteous, courtly, cultivated, distingué, elegant, fashionable, formal, graceful, hollow, intolerant, la-di-da, mannerly, noble, ostentatious, polished, polite, pompous, precious, pretentious, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, refined, respectable, straitlaced, stuffy, stylish, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered |
| Notes: | genteel means marked by refinement in taste and manners; a gentile is a person who does not acknowledge your God or denotes a Christian as contrasted with a Jew; gentle means soft and mild or having or showing a kindly or tender nature |
| Antonyms: | boorish, callous, rough, rude, rugged, uncultured, unrefined, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | gentle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of noble birth |
| Synonyms: | Brahmin, aristocratic, blue-blooded, courteous, cultured, elegant, genteel, highborn, highbred, noble, polished, polite, refined, upper-class, well-born, well-bred |
| Antonyms: | crude, low |
| Main Entry: | handsome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attractive |
| Synonyms: | admirable, aristocratic, athletic, august, beautiful, becoming, clean-cut, comely, dapper, elegant, fair, fashionable, fine, good-looking, graceful, impressive, lovely, majestic, noble, personable, pulchritudinous, robust, sharp, smart, smooth, spruce, stately, strong, stylish, suave, virile, well-dressed, well-proportioned |
| Antonyms: | homely, ugly, unattractive |
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