nobility

noun

1 many of the nobility owned property in the area:

aristocracy, aristocrats, lords, ladies, peerage, peers, peers of the realm, peeresses, nobles, noblemen, noblewomen, titled men/women/people, members of the aristocracy/nobility/peerage, patricians;

informal aristos;

British, informal nobs.

2 the nobility of his deed:

virtue, goodness, honour, honesty, decency, integrity, magnanimity, generosity, selflessness, bravery.

3 he lacked any nobility of vision:

loftiness, grandness.

4 this type of trumpet lacks nobility of tone:

magnificence, splendour, impressiveness, imposingness, majesty, grandeur, stateliness, dignity, distinction, glory, gloriousness, splendidness.

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