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Gallant

🔄 Synonyms of "Gallant"

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WordDefinition
courteousShowing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette.
spiritedLively, vigorous, animated or courageous.
impressiveMaking, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress.
loftynounHigh, tall, having great height or stature.
proudnounFeeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
swellnoun(intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
braveverbStrong in the face of fear; courageous.
dandynounA man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
beaunoun(dated, US, Canada) A male lover; a boyfriend.
majesticHaving qualities of splendor or royalty.
dashingnounSpirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
squirenounA title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
courageousOf a person, displaying or possessing courage.
fearlessWithout fear.
dudenoun(chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.
knightlyBefitting a knight; formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly.
chivalrous(of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant.
sheiknounThe leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.
clotheshorsenounA frame on which laundry is hung to dry.
fashion platenounA picture, usually a full-page advertisement, showing the latest fashion in clothing.
fopnoun(dated) A vain man; a dandy.

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WordDefinition
proudnounFeeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
courageousOf a person, displaying or possessing courage.
braveverbStrong in the face of fear; courageous.
majesticHaving qualities of splendor or royalty.
spiritedLively, vigorous, animated or courageous.
dashingnounSpirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
impressiveMaking, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress.
beaunoun(dated, US, Canada) A male lover; a boyfriend.
courteousShowing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette.
fopnoun(dated) A vain man; a dandy.
dandynounA man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
loftynounHigh, tall, having great height or stature.
fashion platenounA picture, usually a full-page advertisement, showing the latest fashion in clothing.
chivalrous(of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant.
dudenoun(chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.
fearlessWithout fear.
swellnoun(intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
squirenounA title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
knightlyBefitting a knight; formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly.
clotheshorsenounA frame on which laundry is hung to dry.

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