noble

modif.

1. Possessing an exalted mind and character

   generous, princely, magnanimous, magnificent, courtly, lofty, elevated, splendid, excellent, august, reputable, supreme, eminent, preeminent, lordly, dignified, sublime, great, good, superior, chivalric, chivalrous, great-hearted, high-minded, honorable, distinguished, liberal, tolerant, gracious, benign, beneficient, humane, benevolent, charitable, sympathetic, bounteous, brilliant, extraordinary, remarkable, self-denying, devoted, self-forgetful, heroic, resolute, lionhearted, mettlesome, valorous; see also worthy.

   Antonyms corrupt*, low*, ignoble. *

2. Possessing excellent qualities or properties

   meritorious, virtuous, worthy, valuable, useful, incorrupt, first-rate, refined, cultivated, chivalrous, trustworthy, candid, liberal, gracious, princely, munificent, magnanimous, generous, distinctive, sincere, truthful, constant, faithful, upright, honest, honorable, warmhearted, true, veracious, distinctive, reputable, respectable, admirable, good, above-board, fair, manly, just, estimable; see also excellent, perfect 2.

   Antonyms poor*, inferior*, second-rate. *

3. Belonging to the nobility

   royal, titled, aristocratic, patrician, highborn, wellborn, blue-blooded, of high rank, of good family, highborn, gentle, of gentle birth, of gentle blood, imperial, lordly, highbred, princely, of good breed, kingly, to the manner born, born to the purple*; see also royal 2.

   Antonyms common*, plebeian*, lowborn. *

4. Grand

   stately, impressive, imposing; see grand 2.