Synonyms for gallant
ˈgæl ənt for 1, 3, 4 ; gəˈlænt, -ˈlɑnt, ˈgæl ənt for 2, 5 ; n. gəˈlænt, -ˈlɑnt, ˈgæl ənt; gəˈlænt, -gal·lant

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1. gallant

   The adventurous man goes in quest of danger; the bold man stands out and faces danger or censure; the brave man combines confidence with resolution in presence of danger; the chivalrous man puts himself in peril for others' protection. The daring step out to defy danger; the dauntless will not flinch before anything that may come to them; the doughty will give and take limitless hard knocks. The adventurous find something romantic in dangerous enterprises; the venturesome may be simply heedless, reckless, or ignorant. All great explorers have been adventurous; children, fools, and criminals are venturesome. The fearless and intrepid possess unshaken nerves in any place of danger. Courageous is more than brave, adding a moral element: the courageous man steadily encounters perils to which he may be keenly sensitive, at the call of duty; the gallant are brave in a dashing, showy, and splendid way; the valiant not only dare great dangers, but achieve great results; the heroic are nobly daring and dauntless, truly chivalrous, sublimely courageous. Compare FORTITUDE.

   Synonyms:
   adventurous, bold, brave, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, undismayed, valiant, venturesome

   Antonyms:
   afraid, cowardly, cringing, faint-hearted, fearful, frightened, pusillanimous, shrinking, timid, timorous

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1. gallant

   Synonyms:
   brave, chivalrous, intrepid, courteous, heroic, fearless, courageous, valiant, bold, splendid, showy, gay

   Antonyms:
   cowardly, churlish, discourteous

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1. dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorsenoun

   a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

   Synonyms:
   fop, boyfriend, tribal sheik, squire, swell, yawl, beau, tribal sheikh, young man, swain, sheik, dude, crestless wave, fashion plate, clotheshorse, sheikh, fellow, buster, dandy

   Antonyms:
   spiritless, discourteous, cowardly, unimpressive, fearful

2. squire, gallantadjective

   a man who attends or escorts a woman

   Synonyms:
   sheik, beau, squire, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse, dude, dandy, fop

   Antonyms:
   spiritless, fearful, unimpressive, cowardly, discourteous

3. gallantadjective

   unflinching in battle or action

   "a gallant warrior"; "put up a gallant resistance to the attackers"

   Synonyms:
   proud, majestic, chivalrous, dashing, lofty, knightly

   Antonyms:
   cowardly, fearful, spiritless, unimpressive, discourteous

4. dashing, gallantadjective

   lively and spirited

   "a dashing hero"

   Synonyms:
   raffish, dapper, majestic, lofty, proud, knightly, spiffy, chivalrous, spruce, rakish, dashing, snappy, natty, jaunty

   Antonyms:
   spiritless, unimpressive, cowardly, fearful, discourteous

5. gallant, lofty, majestic, proudadjective

   having or displaying great dignity or nobility

   "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"

   Synonyms:
   noble-minded, sublime, rarified, high-minded, proud, knightly, eminent, majestic, lofty, rarefied, regal, dashing, chivalrous, elevated, idealistic, soaring, towering, grand, high-flown, olympian, purple, royal, imperial, exalted

   Antonyms:
   spiritless, fearful, unimpressive, cowardly, discourteous

6. chivalrous, gallant, knightlyadjective

   being attentive to women like an ideal knight

   Synonyms:
   chivalrous, proud, medieval, lofty, majestic, chivalric, knightly, dashing

   Antonyms:
   spiritless, discourteous, unimpressive, cowardly, fearful

Matched Categories

1. • Man

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1. gallantadjective

   Synonyms:
   gay, showy, fine, splendid, magnificent, well-dressed

2. gallantadjective

   Synonyms:
   courageous, brave, valiant, intrepid, valorous, heroic, chivalrous, fearless, bold, game, daring, high-spirited

3. gallantnoun

   Synonyms:
   beau, spark

4. gallantnoun

   Synonyms:
   suitor, wooer, lover

5. gallantnoun

   Synonyms:
   paramour

6. gallantverb

   Synonyms:
   wait on (ladies), be attentive to

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1. gallantadjective

   Synonyms:
   polite, deferential, courtly, chivalrous

2. gallantnoun

   Synonyms:
   spark, beau, cicisbeo, philander, lover, suitor, seducer, paramour

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1. List of paraphrases for "gallant":

   valiant, chivalrous, brave, hao

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1. Winston Churchill:

   Why you may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman, and th most audacious soldier, put them at a table together-and what do you get? The sum of their fears.

2. Jamela Dunbar:

   The king is in the pasture. We are out in the field fearless of our shadows. Gallant to the service of mankind. A cry loud and clear. No passion to wait in vain.”

3. Emir Abubakar Isa Ahmadu:

   We appreciate the gallant efforts of the Nigerian military, hunters and vigilantes that saw the liberation of our towns.

4. H. G. Wells:

   ... when the struggle seems to be drifting definitely towards a world social democracy, there may still be very great delays and disappointments before it becomes an efficient and beneficent world system. Countless people ... will hate the new world order ... and will die protesting it. When we attempt to evaluate its promise, we have to bear in mind the distress of a generation or so of malcontents, many of them quite gallant and graceful-looking people.

5. Winston Churchill, The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy:

   Why, you may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman or the most audacious soldier, put them at a table together- what do you get? The sum of all fears.