noble

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

no·ble (nōʹbəl)adj. no·bler, no·blest
1. Possessing hereditary rank in a political system or social class derived from a feudalistic stage of a country's development.
2.
a. Having or showing qualities of high moral character, such as courage, generosity, or honor:
a noble spirit.
b. Proceeding from or indicative of such a character; showing magnanimity: “What poor an instrument/May do a noble deed!” (Shakespeare).
3. Grand and stately in appearance; majestic: “a mighty Spanish chestnut, bare now of leaves, but in summer a noble tree” (Richard Jeffries).
4. Chemistry. Inactive or inert.n.
1. A member of the nobility.
2. A gold coin formerly used in England, worth half of a mark. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin nōbilis. See gnō- in Indo-European Roots.] noʹble·ness n.noʹbly adv.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  baronial, imposing, stately, Lord, nobleman
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  ignoble, lowborn, Lady, noblewoman, peeress