Synonyms for nobility
noʊˈbɪl ɪ tino·bil·i·ty

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1. nobility

   Synonyms:
   distinction, dignity, rank, peerage, lordship, loftiness, generosity, rank, aristocracy

   Antonyms:
   obscurity, meanness, commonalty, serfdom, paltriness, contemptibleness, plebeianism

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1. nobility, aristocracynoun

   a privileged class holding hereditary titles

   Synonyms:
   nobleness, gentry, grandeur, noblesse, aristocracy, magnanimousness

2. nobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeurnoun

   the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct

   Synonyms:
   grandeur, aristocracy, splendor, nobleness, grandness, magnificence, brilliance, magnanimousness, splendour, noblesse

3. nobility, noblessenoun

   the state of being of noble birth

   Synonyms:
   nobleness, grandeur, noblesse, aristocracy, magnanimousness

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1. • Elite

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1. nobilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   grandeur, greatness, dignity, nobleness, elevation, superiority, worthiness, loftiness of character, moral excellence

2. nobilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   noble birth, patrician dignity, eminence by rank

3. nobilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   NOBLESSE, aristocracy, peerage, patrician class

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1. nobilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   nobleness, high-mindedness, magnanimity, excellence, superiority, dignity, peerage, aristocracy, patrician class

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1. List of paraphrases for "nobility":

   aristocracy, greatness

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How to use nobility in a sentence?

1. Lot Chakonza:

   The way a man handles himself in his anger may define his nobility.

2. George Santayana:

   Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.

3. Benito Mussolini:

   Race! It is a feeling, not a reality: ninety-five percent, at least, is a feeling. Nothing will ever make me believe that biologically pure races can be shown to exist today. Amusingly enough, not one of those who have proclaimed the "nobility" of the Teutonic race was himself a Teuton. Gobineau was a Frenchman, Chamberlain, an Englishman; Woltmann, a Jew; Lapouge, another Frenchman.

4. José Ortega y Gasset:

   There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.

5. Camille Paglia:

   I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity.