[syn: baronial, imposing, noble, stately]
2. of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times;
- Example: "of noble birth"
3. having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character;
- Example: "a noble spirit"
- Example: "noble deeds"
4. inert especially toward oxygen;
- Example: "a noble gas such as helium or neon"
- Example: "noble metals include gold and silver and platinum"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Noble \No"ble\, a. [Compar. Nobler; superl. Noblest.] [F.
noble, fr. L. nobilis that can be or is known, well known,
famous, highborn, noble, fr. noscere to know. See know.]
1. Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above
whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable;
magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart.
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Statues, with winding ivy crowned, belong
To nobler poets for a nobler song. --Dryden.
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2. Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble
edifice.
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3. Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility;
distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title;
highborn; as, noble blood; a noble personage.
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Note: Noble is used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, noble-born, noble-hearted, noble-minded.
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Noble gas (Chem.), a gaseous element belonging to group
VIII of the periodic table of elements, not combining with
other elements under normal reaction conditions;
specifically, helium, neon, argon, krypton,
xenon, or radon; also called inert gas.
Noble metals (Chem.), silver, gold, and platinum; -- so
called from their resistance to oxidation by air and to
dissolution by acids. Copper, mercury, aluminium,
palladium, rhodium, iridium, and osmium are sometimes
included.
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Syn: Honorable; worthy; dignified; elevated; exalted;
superior; sublime; great; eminent; illustrious;
renowned; stately; splendid; magnificent; grand;
magnanimous; generous; liberal; free.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Noble \No"ble\, n.
1. A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.
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2. An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin,
of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61 (in
1913).
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3. (Zool.) A European fish; the lyrie.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Noble \No"ble\, v. t.
To make noble; to ennoble. [Obs.]
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Thou nobledest so far forth our nature. --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lyrie \Ly"rie\ (l[imac]"r[i^]), n. [Icel. hl[=y]ri a sort of
fish.] (Zool.)
A European fish (Peristethus cataphractum), having the body
covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting
in front of the nose; -- called also noble, pluck,
pogge, sea poacher, and armed bullhead.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
noble
adj 1: impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an
imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking
policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"
[syn: baronial, imposing, noble, stately]
2: of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy
especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth"
[ant: lowborn]
3: having or showing or indicative of high or elevated
character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds" [ant: ignoble]
4: inert especially toward oxygen; "a noble gas such as helium
or neon"; "noble metals include gold and silver and platinum"
n 1: a titled peer of the realm [syn: Lord, noble,
nobleman] [ant: Lady, noblewoman, peeress]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
313 Moby Thesaurus words for "noble":
Babylonian, Brahman, Christian, Corinthian, acclaimed, admirable,
advantageous, archduke, aristocrat, aristocratic, armiger, august,
auspicious, awe-inspiring, awful, barbaric, baron, baronet,
baronial, beneficial, benevolent, big, bighearted, blameless,
blue blood, blue-blooded, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, capital,
celebrated, changeless, chivalrous, clean, cogent, commendable,
conspicuous, constant, count, courtly, creditable, daimio, decent,
deluxe, dignified, distinguished, ducal, duke, earl, elaborate,
elegant, elevated, eminent, erect, esquire, esteemed, estimable,
ethical, exalted, excellent, exceptional, expedient, exquisite,
extraordinary, extravagant, fair, faithful, famous, fancy,
favorable, fine, full of integrity, generous, genteel, gentle,
gentleman, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, gentlewoman, glorious,
godlike, good, goodly, grand, grand duke, grandee, grandiose,
grave, great, great of heart, greathearted, handsome, healthy,
held in esteem, helpful, heroic, hidalgo, high, high-class,
high-minded, high-principled, high-ranking, highly esteemed,
highly regarded, highly reputed, highly respectable, honest,
honorable, honored, idealistic, illustrious, immaculate, immutable,
imposing, impressive, in favor, in good odor, in high favor,
incommutable, inconvertible, incorruptible, indefeasible, inert,
inspiring, insusceptible of change, intransmutable, invariable,
inviolate, irreproachable, irretrievable, irreversible,
irrevocable, just, kind, kinglike, kingly, knightly, lace-curtain,
lady, ladylike, laird, landgrave, largehearted, lasting, laudable,
lauded, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, liberal, lofty,
lord, lordling, lordly, loyal, luxurious, magisterial, magnanimous,
magnate, magnificent, magnifico, majestic, manly, margrave, marked,
marquis, memorable, meritorious, moral, moralistic, moving, nice,
noble-minded, nobleman, noblewoman, none, nonreturnable,
nonreversible, notable, noted, noteworthy, of gentle blood,
of mark, of rank, openhanded, optimate, outstanding, palatial,
palsgrave, patrician, peer, permanent, pleasant, plush, posh,
prestigious, princelike, princely, principled, profitable,
prominent, proud, pure, queenlike, queenly, quite the lady, rare,
regal, remarkable, rememberable, renowned, reputable, respectable,
respected, revered, reverend, reverseless, rich, right,
right-minded, righteous, ritzy, royal, salient, sedate, seigneur,
seignior, self-sacrificing, serious, signal, silk-stocking,
skillful, soaring, sober, solemn, sound, special, splendacious,
splendid, splendiferous, spotless, squire, stainless, stately,
statuesque, staunch, steadfast, sterling, striking, stunning,
sublime, sumptuous, superb, superfancy, superfine, swank, swanky,
swell, telling, thoroughbred, titled, towering, true, true-dealing,
true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited,
truehearted, trustworthy, unalterable, unalterative, unaltered,
unblemished, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, uncorrupt,
uncorrupted, undefiled, undeflectable, undeviating, unforgettable,
unimpeachable, unmodifiable, unremitting, unrestorable,
unreturnable, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, unsusceptible,
untarnished, unvariable, unvarying, upper-cruster, upright,
uprighteous, upstanding, useful, valid, venerable, venerated,
very good, virtuous, viscount, waldgrave, weighty, well-thought-of,
worshipful, worthy, yeomanly
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Noble -- U.S. County in Indiana
Population (2000): 46275
Housing Units (2000): 18233
Land area (2000): 411.111958 sq. miles (1064.775038 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 6.498615 sq. miles (16.831334 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 417.610573 sq. miles (1081.606372 sq. km)
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 41.408138 N, 85.413889 W
Headwords:
Noble
Noble, IN
Noble County
Noble County, IN
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Noble -- U.S. County in Ohio
Population (2000): 14058
Housing Units (2000): 5480
Land area (2000): 399.000092 sq. miles (1033.405451 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.585395 sq. miles (14.466106 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 404.585487 sq. miles (1047.871557 sq. km)
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 39.773140 N, 81.471413 W
Headwords:
Noble
Noble, OH
Noble County
Noble County, OH
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Noble -- U.S. County in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 11411
Housing Units (2000): 5082
Land area (2000): 731.902669 sq. miles (1895.619130 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 10.535184 sq. miles (27.286001 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 742.437853 sq. miles (1922.905131 sq. km)
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.369302 N, 97.237878 W
Headwords:
Noble
Noble, OK
Noble County
Noble County, OK
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Noble, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 746
Housing Units (2000): 363
Land area (2000): 1.023734 sq. miles (2.651458 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.004787 sq. miles (0.012397 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.028521 sq. miles (2.663855 sq. km)
FIPS code: 53143
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 38.698408 N, 88.222313 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62868
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Noble, IL
Noble
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Noble, OK -- U.S. city in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 5260
Housing Units (2000): 2134
Land area (2000): 12.522112 sq. miles (32.432120 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.368401 sq. miles (0.954154 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 12.890513 sq. miles (33.386274 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52150
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.141173 N, 97.388807 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 73068
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Noble, OK
Noble
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Noble, LA -- U.S. village in Louisiana
Population (2000): 259
Housing Units (2000): 104
Land area (2000): 1.027435 sq. miles (2.661044 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.027435 sq. miles (2.661044 sq. km)
FIPS code: 55420
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 31.690237 N, 93.682087 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 71462
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Noble, LA
Noble