nobler

ADJECTIVE

aristocratic

Synonyms

STRONG

imperial patrician

WEAK

gentle highborn kingly queenly titled wellborn

Antonyms

WEAK

ignoble lowly servile unaristocratic undignified unrefined unsophisticated

ADJECTIVE

dignified, excellent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

benevolent brilliant charitable dignified distinguished extraordinary gracious grand great high-minded honorable humane imposing lofty magnificent splendid virtuous worthy

STRONG

august elevated liberal upright

WEAK

beneficent benign big bounteous courtly cultivated eminent first-rate generous great-hearted impressive magnanimous meritorious preeminent refined remarkable reputable stately sublime supreme sympathetic tolerant

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad common dishonorable humble inhumane insignificant low malevolent mean modest normal ordinary poor severe stupid undignified unextraordinary unimportant unimpressive unkind unknown unsympathetic usual

WEAK

ignoble lowly servile unaristocratic unrefined unsophisticated

Example Sentences

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The nobler the cause, the nastier the graft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The earliest on the program, “Jefferson and Liberty” from 1800, included the verse: “Here strangers from thousand shores/Compell’d by tyranny to roam;/Shall find, amidst abundant stores,/A nobler and a happier home.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

This is not to imply that WBD, Paramount, NBCUniversal or Disney, which owns ABC, are any nobler than their tech-based competition.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

It’s ridiculous how entertaining “Air” is given that it’s about shoes, even if it works overtime to persuade you that it’s also about other, nobler truths, too.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023

My life would have been nobler if I had followed Lio.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez