Synonyms of the word gallant


GALLANTATTENDANT - ATTENDER - BEAU - BRAVE - CHIVALROUS - CLOTHESHORSE - COURAGEOUS - COURTEOUS - DANDY - DASHING - DUDE - FOP - IMPRESSIVE - KNIGHTLY - LOFTY - MAJESTIC - MAN - PROUD - SHEIK - SPIRITED - SQUIRE - SWELL - TENDER

gallant

  • adj. Brave, valiant.
  • adj. Honorable.
  • adj. Grand, noble.
  • adj. (obsolete) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
  • adj. Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
  • n. (dated) Fashionable young man, who is polite and attentive to women.
  • n. One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
  • n. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
  • n. (nautical) topgallant.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To attend or wait on (a lady).
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To handle with grace or in a modish manner.

attendant

  • n. One who attends; one who works with or watches something.
  • n. A servant or valet.
  • n. (chiefly archaic) A visitor or caller.
  • adj. Going with; associated; concomitant.
  • adj. (law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.

attender

  • n. An attendee; one who attends a course, meeting etc.
  • n. (metaphysics) The subject; one who experiences.

beau

  • n. (dated) A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
  • n. (dated) A male lover; a boyfriend.
  • n. A male escort.

brave

  • adj. Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
  • adj. (obsolete) Having any sort of superiority or excellence.
  • adj. Making a fine show or display.
  • n. (dated, possibly offensive) A Native American warrior.
  • n. (obsolete) A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
  • n. (obsolete) A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
  • v. (transitive) To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To adorn; to make fine or showy.

chivalrous

  • adj. (of a man) honourable, especially to women.
  • adj. involving chivalry.

clotheshorse

  • n. A frame on which laundry is hung to dry.
  • n. (by extension) A person excessively concerned with the appearance of their clothing.

courageous

  • adj. Of a person, displaying or possessing courage.
  • adj. Of an action, that requires courage.

courteous

  • adj. Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette.

dandy

  • adj. Like a dandy, foppish.
  • adj. Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
  • adj. Excellent; first-rate.
  • n. A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.
  • n. (Britain, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
  • n. A dandy roller.

dashing

  • adj. Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
  • adj. Chic, fashionable.
  • v. present participle of dash.
  • n. The action of the verb to dash.

dude

  • n. (colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.
  • n. (colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning…
  • n. An inexperienced cowboy.
  • n. (slang) A tourist.
  • n. (archaic) A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
  • interj. (slang) A term of address, usually for a man, conveying awe, excitement, surprise, etc.
  • v. To address someone as dude.
  • v. To take a vacation in a dude ranch.
  • v. (US) Usually followed by up: to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes.

fop

  • n. A vain man; a dandy.

impressive

  • adj. Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress.
  • adj. Capable of being impressed.
  • adj. Appealing.

knightly

  • adj. Of or pertaining to a knight or knights.
  • adj. Befitting a knight; formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly.
  • adv. In the manner of a knight; chivalrously.

lofty

  • adj. high, tall, having great height or stature.
  • adj. idealistic, implying over-optimism.
  • adj. extremely proud; arrogant; haughty.

majestic

  • adj. Having qualities of splendor or royalty.

man

  • n. An adult male human.
  • n. (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
  • n. A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult. (See usage notes.).
  • n. (collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. (Sometimes capitalized as Man.).
  • n. (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
  • n. (obsolete) A sentient being, whether human or supernatural.
  • n. An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity,…
  • n. (uncountable, obsolete, uncommon) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
  • n. A husband.
  • n. A lover; a boyfriend.
  • n. A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. (Used…
  • n. A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. (Used as the last…
  • n. A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
  • n. A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
  • n. An adult male servant. (historical) A vassal. A subject.
  • n. A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
  • n. (MLE, slang) Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.
  • n. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience,…
  • n. A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males.
  • adj. Only used in man enough.
  • interj. Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing…
  • v. (transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
  • v. (transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
  • v. (reflexive, possibly dated) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To wait on, attend to or escort.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete, chiefly falconry) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence…

proud

  • adj. Gratified; feeling honoured (by something); feeling satisfied or happy about a fact or event.
  • adj. Possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves.
  • adj. (chiefly biblical) Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.
  • adj. Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
  • adj. (obsolete) Brave, valiant; gallant.
  • adj. Standing out or raised; swollen.
  • adj. (obsolete) Excited by sexual desire; (of female animals) in heat.
  • adj. Happy, usually used with a sense of honour, as in "I'm so proud to have you in our town." But occasionally…

sheik

  • n. The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.
  • n. An Islamic religious cleric; the leader of an Islamic religious order.
  • n. (some Arab Gulf countries) An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent…
  • n. (1920s) A romantic lover. (from the 1921 film The Sheikh).
  • n. (slang) An Arab, especially one dressed in traditional clothing.
  • n. An honorific for specialists in spirituality.

spirited

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of spirit.
  • adj. Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.

squire

  • n. A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
  • n. A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
  • n. A male attendant on a great personage.
  • n. A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
  • n. A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
  • n. (Britain, colloquial) Term of address to an equal.
  • v. To attend as a squire.
  • v. To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.
  • n. (obsolete) A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.

swell

  • v. (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
  • v. (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
  • v. (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
  • v. (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
  • v. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
  • v. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
  • v. To protuberate; to bulge out.
  • n. The act of swelling.
  • n. Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
  • n. A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
  • n. (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
  • n. (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
  • n. (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
  • n. A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
  • n. (informal, dated) A person who is dressed in a fancy or elegant manner.
  • n. (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
  • adj. (Canada, US, informal, slang) Excellent.

tender

  • adj. Sensitive or painful to the touch.
  • adj. Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
  • adj. Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
  • adj. (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
  • adj. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
  • adj. Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.
  • adj. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
  • adj. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
  • adj. (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
  • adj. (obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
  • adj. (obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
  • v. (now rare) To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
  • v. To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.
  • n. (obsolete) Regard; care; kind concern.
  • n. The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
  • n. (obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
  • n. (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
  • n. (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
  • n. (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
  • v. (formal) To offer, to give.
  • v. to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
  • n. A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
  • n. (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
  • n. Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.

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