noble
adjective
1. impressive in appearance
- a noble tree
- severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses
Similar word(s): impressive, baronial, imposing, stately
2. of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times
- of noble birth
Similar word(s): aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, gentle, patrician, august, grand, lordly, coroneted, highborn, titled, imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal, kinglike, kingly, monarchal, monarchical, princely, queenlike, queenly
3. having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character
- a noble spirit
- noble deeds
Similar word(s): honorable, honourable, dignifying, ennobling, elevated, exalted, grand, idealistic, lofty, rarefied, rarified, sublime, greathearted, magnanimous
4. inert especially toward oxygen
- a noble gas such as helium or neon
- noble metals include gold and silver and platinum
Similar word(s): unreactive
Sentences with noble as an adjective:
- He made a noble effort.
- He is a noble man who would never put his family in jeopardy.
- a noble edifice
- noble blood; a noble personage