gentleman
[noun]
Synonyms: aristo, aristocrat, blue blood, patrician, man, bloke, boy, buck, chap, fellow, gee, gent, guy, he

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Antonyms: boor
Contrasted words: churl, clown, lout
Related Words: Brahmin, chevalier, nob, swell

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English Thesaurus: man, guy, gentleman, boy, lad, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

gen‧tle‧man S2 W2 /ˈdʒentlmən/ noun (plural gentlemen /-mən/) [countable]

1. a polite word for a man, used especially when talking to or about a man you do not know ⇒ lady:
Could you serve this gentleman please, Miss Bath?
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
An elderly gentleman was asleep next to the fire.

2. a man who is always polite, has good manners, and treats other people well ⇒ lady:
Martin – always the perfect gentleman – got to his feet when my mother walked in.
Mr Field was a real gentleman.

3. old-fashioned a man from a high social class, especially one whose family owns a lot of property ⇒ lady:
an English country gentleman

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

gentleman
noun
I. man who is polite/behaves well towards others
ADJ. perfect, real, true He's a real gentleman, always kind and considerate.
PHRASES be no gentleman He may be a lord, but he's no gentleman.
too much of a gentleman He was too much of a gentleman to ask them for any money.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

gentleman
II. rich man with a high social position
ADJ. country, landed He retired to his estate in Norfolk, and lived the life of a country gentleman.
GENTLEMAN + NOUN farmer

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man an adult male human:
a young man
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest.
guy (also bloke/chap British English) informal a man:
She’d arranged to meet a guy in the bar.
Alex is a really nice bloke.
gentleman formal a man – used as a very polite way of talking about a man:
an elderly gentleman
Please could you serve this gentleman?
boy a young male person, usually a child or a teenager:
a teenage boy
lad old-fashioned informal a boy or young man:
When I was a young lad, I wanted to join the army.
youth a teenage boy or young man – used especially in news reports to show disapproval:
Gangs of youths roam the streets.
male formal a man – used especially by the police or in science and research contexts. The adjective male is much more common than the noun:
We are investigating the death of an unidentified male.
The condition is usually found only in males.
dude American English informal a man - a very informal use:
You could tell there was something creepy going on with that dude.
masculine considered to be more typical of a man than of a woman:
He had a very masculine face.
masculine aggression
manly having the qualities that people expect and admire in a man, such as being brave and strong:
He took off his shirt, revealing his manly chest.
It isn’t considered manly to cry.
In the portrait, the King looked manly and in control.
He was bronzed and athletic, with manly features and a steady gaze.
macho behaving in a way that is traditionally typical of men, for example by being strong and tough and not showing your feelings – used especially either humorously or to show disapproval:
On the outside he may seem to be very macho but inside he’s very sensitive.
Stallone always plays macho men.
He’s far too macho to drink mineral water.

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