Nouns (2)
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August, Aug
n. the month following July and preceding September
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Adjectives (6)
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august, revered, venerable
adj. profoundly honored; "revered holy men"
august, grand, lordly
adj. of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage"
Fuzzynyms (27)
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respected, well-thought-of
adj. receiving deferential regard; "a respected family"
reverend, sublime
adj. worthy of adoration or reverence
celebrated, historied, storied
adj. having an illustrious past
sacred
adj. (often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person; "a fund sacred to charity"; "a morning hour sacred to study"; "a private office sacred to the President"
exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded
adj. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"
pure
adj. (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow"
angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly, sainted
adj. marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; "angelic beneficence"; "a beatific smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother"
distinguished
adj. (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation; "our distinguished professor"
Synonyms (21)
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prestigious
adj. exerting influence by reason of high status or prestige; "a prestigious professor at a prestigious university"
laureate
adj. worthy of the greatest honor or distinction; "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub
upstanding, solid
adj. meriting respect or esteem; "an upstanding member of the community"
time-honored, time-honoured
adj. honored because of age or long usage; "time-honored institutions"
wellborn
adj. of good or upper-class lineage; "a rich and wellborn husband"
aristocratic
adj. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "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"
imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal
adj. belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"
kingly, kinglike
adj. having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king; "symbolizing kingly power"; "the murder of his kingly guest"
monarchal, monarchical
adj. having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch; "monarchical gestures"; "monarchal pomp"
princely
adj. having the rank of or befitting a prince; "a princely bearing"; "princely manner"
queenly, queenlike
adj. having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen; "queenly propriety"; "clad in her queenly raiment"; "Rosetti's queenly portraits of women"
royal
adj. being of the rank of a monarch; "of royal ancestry"; "princes of the blood royal"
Antonyms (8)
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dishonorable, dishonourable
adj. lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"
common, plebeian
adj. of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian magistrate"
common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed
adj. of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"
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