English adjective: patrician | |||
1. | patrician befitting a person of noble origin | ||
Samples | A patrician nose. | ||
Similar | refined | ||
Antonyms | unrefined | ||
2. | patrician belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy | ||
Samples | An aristocratic family. Aristocratic Bostonians. Aristocratic government. A blue family. Blue blood. The blue-blooded aristocracy. Of gentle blood. Patrician landholders of the American South. Aristocratic bearing. Aristocratic features. Patrician tastes. | ||
Synonyms | aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle | ||
Similar | noble | ||
Antonyms | lowborn | ||
English noun: patrician | |||
1. | patrician (person) a person of refined upbringing and manners | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adult, grownup | ||
2. | patrician (person) a member of the aristocracy | ||
Synonyms | aristocrat, blue blood | ||
Broader (hypernym) | leader | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | baronet, Bart, brahman, brahmin, female aristocrat, Highness, male aristocrat, prince, princess, raja, rajah, ranee, rani | ||
Member meronym | aristocracy, nobility | ||