Possessing an exalted mind and character
generous, princely, magnanimous, magnificent, courtly, lofty, elevated, splendid, excellent, august, reputable, supreme, eminent, preeminent, lordly, dignified, sublime, great, good, superior, chivalric, chivalrous, great-hearted, high-minded, honorable, distinguished, liberal, tolerant, gracious, benign, beneficient, humane, benevolent, charitable, sympathetic, bounteous, brilliant, extraordinary, remarkable, self-denying, devoted, self-forgetful, heroic, resolute, lionhearted, mettlesome, valorous; see also worthy.
Antonyms corrupt*, low, ignoble.
Possessing excellent qualities or properties
meritorious, virtuous, worthy, valuable, useful, incorrupt, first-rate, refined, cultivated, chivalrous, trustworthy, candid, liberal, gracious, princely, munificent, magnanimous, generous, distinctive, sincere, truthful, constant, faithful, upright, honest, honorable, warmhearted, true, veracious, distinctive, reputable, respectable, admirable, good, above-board, fair, manly, just, estimable; see also excellent, perfect 2.
Antonyms poor*, inferior, second-rate.
Belonging to the nobility
royal, titled, aristocratic, patrician, highborn, wellborn, blue-blooded, of high rank, of good family, highborn, gentle, of gentle birth, of gentle blood, imperial, lordly, highbred, princely, of good breed, kingly, to the manner born, born to the purple*; see also royal 2.
Antonyms common*, plebeian, lowborn.
Grand
stately, impressive, imposing; see grand 2.