Synonyms for lordly
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Haughty — proud; haughty; imperious; insolent
haughty, supercilious, imperious, arrogant, majestic, overbearing, overweening, disdainful, despotic, insolent, proud, tyrannical, magisterial, swaggering, domineering, high, oppressive, absolute, hubristic, prideful UK US CA, sniffy, lofty
2. Noble
noble, grand, stately, magnificent, dignified, august, honorable US, honourable UK, impressive, princely, solemn, imposing
Definitions
- adj. 1
Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
- adj. 2
Of or relating to a lord.
Show us your lordly might: demonstrate that you can order people and get them to obey.
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One who is imperious exercises his authority in a manner highly offensive for its spirit and tone; one who is lordly assumes a lofty air in order to display his importance; one who is domineering gives orders in a way to make other feel their inferiority.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- arrogant I don't need the validation of an arrogant person.
- haughty That haughty girl thinks she's better than everyone.
- noble The country was governed by a French noble family.
- stately A government official's stately mansion was looted.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| lordly | steady | |
| arrogant | rising | |
| haughty | rising | |
| imperious | rising | |
| supercilious | rising | |
| noble | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- high1
- 5 letters
- grand1, proud1, noble2, lofty2
- 6 letters
- august2, solemn2, sniffy2
- 7 letters
- stately2, haughty2
- 8 letters
- absolute3, arrogant3, imposing3, majestic3, princely2, insolent3, despotic3, prideful
- 9 letters
- honorable4, dignified3, imperious4, hubristic
- 10 letters
- impressive3, honourable4, oppressive3, tyrannical4, disdainful3, swaggering3
- 11 letters
- magnificent4, overbearing4, domineering4, magisterial5, overweening
- 12 letters
- supercilious5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (noble2 = 2 syllables).