Another word for gallant
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Adjective
Having or showing courage
- Marked by courage or daring; plucky.
- Robust and uninhibited; lusty:
- Spirited; plucky.
- Marked by or possessing great personal bravery; valiant.
- Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave:
- Not discouraged or disheartened; resolutely courageous.
- Feeling, exhibiting, or expressing no fear.
- Brave; courageous.
- Bulky in figure; thickset or corpulent.
- Strong in body; sturdy:
- Thick or strong in structure or substance; solid or substantial:
- Having or showing courage and spirit in trying circumstances.
- Full of mettle; spirited and plucky.
- Resolutely courageous; fearless.
- Of, relating to, or resembling the heroes of literature, legend, or myth.
- Having, displaying, or characteristic of the qualities appropriate to a hero; courageous:
- Impressive in size or scope; grand:
- Able to withstand difficult or adverse conditions; robust:
- Courageous; intrepid.
- Brazenly daring; audacious.
- An activity providing entertainment or amusement; a pastime:
- A competitive activity or sport in which players contend with each other according to a set of rules:
- A single instance of such an activity:
- Having fortitude; courageous.
- Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
- Without fear; brave.
- Marked by stouthearted courage; brave.
- Incapable of being intimidated or discouraged; fearless.
- Having or characterized by courage; valiant.
- Possessing or displaying courage.
- Making a fine display; impressive or showy:
- Excellent; great:
- Fearless and daring; courageous:
- Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring:
- Unduly forward and brazen; impudent:
- Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold.
- Unrestrained by convention or propriety; brazen or insolent:
- Spirited and original:
See also:Respectfully attentive, especially to women
- Having the qualities of gallantry and honor attributed to an ideal knight.
- Of or relating to chivalry.
- Characterized by consideration and courtesy, especially toward women.
- Of or relating to chivalry.
Characterized by elaborate but usually formal courtesy
- Impressive and dignified, as in size or appearance; majestic:
- Dignified and slow; measured:
- of, characteristic of, like, or befitting a knight; chivalrous, brave, etc.
- consisting of knights
- in a knightly manner
- Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy:
- Characterized by tact and propriety:
- Condescendingly courteous; indulgent:
- Suitable for a royal court; stately:
- Elegant; refined:
- Flattering in an insincere way; obsequious.
- Having the qualities of gallantry and honor attributed to an ideal knight.
- Of or relating to chivalry.
- Characterized by consideration and courtesy, especially toward women.
Full of polite concern for the well-being of others
- Given to careful thought; reflective:
- Engrossed in thought:
- Exhibiting or characterized by careful thought:
- Showing great attention or concern to another:
- Expressing care or concern for another:
- Showing great care; careful or meticulous:
- Marked by or showing consideration for others and observance of accepted social usage.
- Refined; elegant:
- Characterized by gracious consideration toward others.
- Having or showing regard for the needs or feelings of others.
- Characterized by careful thought; deliberate.
- Paying close attention; alert or observant:
- Showing care for the needs or desires of others; caring or courteous.
Noun
A man amorously attentive to women
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Another word for gallant
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- Having the qualities of gallantry and honor attributed to an ideal knight.
- Of or relating to chivalry.
- Characterized by consideration and courtesy, especially toward women.
- Possessing hereditary rank in a political system or social class derived from a feudalistic stage of a country's development.
- Having or showing qualities of high moral character, such as courage, generosity, or honor:
- Proceeding from or indicative of such a character; showing magnanimity:
- Full of or characterized by animation, vigor, or courage:
- Having a specified mood or nature. Used in combination:
- Having or characterized by courage; valiant.
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