What is another word for blue-blooded?
714 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ blˈuːblˈʌdɪd], [ blˈuːblˈʌdɪd], [ b_l_ˈuː_b_l_ˈʌ_d_ɪ_d]
Blue-blooded is typically used to describe someone who belongs to a royal or noble lineage, but there are also other words that can be used to convey similar meaning. For instance, the word aristocratic refers to someone who belongs to the highest social class, while the term patrician is used to describe someone who comes from a wealthy and distinguished family. Words like privileged, elite, and noble can also express similar traits of high status and prestige. Though each word has its own unique connotations, they are all used to describe individuals who come from a particular lineage or background that is considered highly regarded in society.
Synonyms for Blue-blooded:
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• highborn • upper-class • aristocratic • gentle • patrician • well-bred -
n.
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- upper class .
- blue .
Other synonyms:
- ducal ,
- high-born ,
- kingly ,
- knightly ,
- monarchical ,
- princely ,
- regal ,
- titled ,
- top-drawer ,
- uncrowned ,
- wellborn .
- imperial ,
- thoroughbred .
- royal .
Other relevant words:
- 1000 ,
- abject ,
- access ,
- actual ,
- addition ,
- admission ,
- admittance ,
- adorn ,
- affluent ,
- aged ,
- ahead ,
- all over ,
- all right ,
- alright ,
- amercement ,
- ample ,
- amytal ,
- ancestry ,
- appease ,
- assenting ,
- assuage ,
- atomic number 68 ,
- aug ,
- autocratic ,
- autonomous ,
- bad ,
- balmy ,
- bang-up ,
- bas bleu ,
- beau ,
- beautify ,
- becoming ,
- beget ,
- beginning ,
- begrimed ,
- belt down ,
- benighted ,
- benignant ,
- big ,
- big businessman ,
- black ,
- bland ,
- blessing ,
- blood ,
- blood line ,
- bloodline ,
- blue air ,
- blue angel ,
- blue blood ,
- blue devil ,
- blue sky ,
- blue-blooded ,
- blueing ,
- blueness ,
- bluing ,
- bolt down ,
- bossy ,
- brahma ,
- brahman ,
- brilliant ,
- bring forth ,
- broken ,
- bully ,
- business leader ,
- can ,
- capital ,
- chevalier ,
- chiliad ,
- chipper ,
- chivalric ,
- civic ,
- civilised ,
- civilized ,
- clannish ,
- cliquish ,
- clotheshorse ,
- clubby ,
- comely ,
- comfortable ,
- commode ,
- complete ,
- conciliate ,
- concluded ,
- consume ,
- cool ,
- copious ,
- corking ,
- coroneted ,
- corrupt ,
- cracking ,
- crapper ,
- crowned head ,
- crownless ,
- crushed ,
- cushy ,
- cut down ,
- dandy ,
- darkness ,
- dashing ,
- debase ,
- debauch ,
- debonaire ,
- debonnaire ,
- deck ,
- decorate ,
- deep ,
- deity ,
- delicate ,
- delicately ,
- deluxe ,
- demolish ,
- demoralise ,
- demoralize ,
- department of the treasury ,
- depleted ,
- deplorable ,
- deprave ,
- depression ,
- descent ,
- desecrate ,
- devour ,
- diffuse ,
- diffused ,
- dirty ,
- disdainful ,
- distant ,
- distressing ,
- divinity ,
- dominating ,
- dour ,
- down feather ,
- down in the mouth ,
- down pat ,
- downward ,
- downwardly ,
- downwards ,
- dressed ,
- drink down ,
- dude ,
- easily ,
- easygoing ,
- echt ,
- el ,
- elder ,
- elderly ,
- elect ,
- elevated railroad ,
- elevated railway ,
- elite group ,
- embellish ,
- emergency room ,
- empyreal ,
- empyrean ,
- enceinte ,
- ended ,
- engender ,
- ennoble ,
- enthrone ,
- entitle ,
- entree ,
- envision ,
- erbium ,
- esq ,
- estimable ,
- ethical ,
- exchequer ,
- expansive ,
- expectant ,
- exquisitely ,
- extraction ,
- fantabulous ,
- fantastic ,
- fantasy ,
- far-famed ,
- fashion plate ,
- fashionable ,
- fat ,
- father ,
- fertile ,
- figure ,
- fine-tune ,
- finely ,
- first ,
- first gear ,
- first lord of the treasury ,
- first-class ,
- flabby ,
- flaccid ,
- flush ,
- fondness ,
- fop ,
- forbidding ,
- forefather ,
- formal ,
- fourth-year ,
- free grace ,
- full-blood ,
- full-bodied ,
- game ,
- generate ,
- gentlemanlike ,
- gentry ,
- get ,
- ghastly ,
- gilded ,
- gloomful ,
- glooming ,
- glorious ,
- glowering ,
- glum ,
- go for ,
- go through ,
- god ,
- good ,
- good will ,
- good-for-naught ,
- good-for-nothing ,
- goodish ,
- goodly ,
- goodwill ,
- grace of god ,
- grace period ,
- graceful ,
- grand piano ,
- grandeur ,
- gravid ,
- grimy ,
- grisly ,
- gritty ,
- groovy ,
- grubby ,
- gruesome ,
- grungy ,
- gruntle ,
- guiding light ,
- healthy ,
- hearty ,
- heavy ,
- hefty ,
- heights ,
- heroic ,
- high gear ,
- high school ,
- high up ,
- high-altitude ,
- high-and-mighty ,
- high-flown ,
- high-handed ,
- high-minded ,
- high-pitched ,
- high-ranking ,
- high-toned ,
- higher-ranking ,
- higher-up ,
- highschool ,
- historied ,
- honorable ,
- hot ,
- howling ,
- humble ,
- humbled ,
- humiliated ,
- hunky-dory ,
- idealistic ,
- illusion ,
- image ,
- imperial beard ,
- imperious ,
- in high spirits ,
- in the lead ,
- inception ,
- inconsolable ,
- independent ,
- indulgent ,
- inexorable ,
- inner ,
- inside ,
- jaunty ,
- keen ,
- kill ,
- king ,
- kinglike ,
- knock down ,
- lake superior ,
- lamentable ,
- land ,
- large ,
- lead ,
- leadership ,
- leading light ,
- leisurely ,
- lenient ,
- lenify ,
- light ,
- line ,
- line of descent ,
- lineage ,
- listless ,
- literal ,
- lively ,
- loaded ,
- loftiness ,
- loose ,
- lord ,
- low gear ,
- low-down ,
- low-pitched ,
- low-toned ,
- lowly ,
- luminary ,
- luscious ,
- lush ,
- lusty ,
- luxurious ,
- luxuriously ,
- macabre ,
- magnanimousness ,
- magnate ,
- majuscule ,
- marvellous ,
- marvelous ,
- master ,
- mastered ,
- medieval ,
- mellow ,
- meritless ,
- mettlesome ,
- mild ,
- milled ,
- misdirect ,
- miserable ,
- modest ,
- mogul ,
- mollify ,
- monarch ,
- monarchal ,
- monarchic ,
- moneyed ,
- moo ,
- moody ,
- mordant ,
- morose ,
- mother ,
- muddied ,
- muddy ,
- mulct ,
- neat ,
- nice ,
- nifty ,
- night ,
- nighttime ,
- no-account ,
- no-count ,
- no-good ,
- noble-minded ,
- noblesse ,
- not bad ,
- notability ,
- noted ,
- noteworthy ,
- nylon stocking ,
- nylons ,
- o'er ,
- obscure ,
- ok ,
- okay ,
- old ,
- older ,
- olive drab ,
- olive-drab ,
- olympian ,
- one thousand ,
- opulent ,
- origination ,
- ornament ,
- outrage ,
- outstanding ,
- overbearing ,
- overhead railway ,
- pacify ,
- parentage ,
- partiality ,
- peachy ,
- peremptory ,
- pervert ,
- phantasy ,
- piano ,
- picture ,
- pile ,
- pitiful ,
- placate ,
- plenteous ,
- plentiful ,
- polish ,
- politic ,
- pop ,
- pot ,
- potty ,
- pour down ,
- power ,
- prestigious ,
- prideful ,
- priggish ,
- prim ,
- prima ,
- prissy ,
- processed ,
- productive ,
- project ,
- promiscuous ,
- prosperous ,
- proud ,
- prudish ,
- pull down ,
- pureblood ,
- pureblooded ,
- purple ,
- push down ,
- queenlike ,
- raised ,
- ranking ,
- rarefied ,
- rarified ,
- rattling ,
- raunchy ,
- rayon stocking ,
- rayons ,
- real ,
- red-blooded ,
- red-hot ,
- refine ,
- regretful ,
- relentless ,
- remarkable ,
- resplendent ,
- revered ,
- reverend ,
- rich people ,
- richly ,
- right ,
- ripping ,
- rise to power ,
- robust ,
- root ,
- rootage ,
- royal stag ,
- royalist ,
- sacrilegious ,
- sad ,
- salient ,
- saturnine ,
- saving grace ,
- scummy ,
- scurvy ,
- secular ,
- see ,
- seemliness ,
- seemly ,
- self-governing ,
- self-respectful ,
- self-respecting ,
- senior high ,
- senior high school ,
- shadow ,
- sheik ,
- shoot down ,
- sick ,
- sinister ,
- sizable ,
- sizeable ,
- slap-up ,
- slow ,
- slowly ,
- sluttish ,
- small ,
- smashing ,
- smooth ,
- sniffy ,
- snobby ,
- soaring ,
- sober ,
- somber ,
- sombre ,
- sonant ,
- sour ,
- source ,
- spectacular ,
- spirited ,
- splendiferous ,
- spunky ,
- square-toed ,
- star ,
- starring ,
- state of grace ,
- statuesque ,
- stellar ,
- stemma ,
- stern ,
- stock ,
- stool ,
- storied ,
- straight-laced ,
- straightlaced ,
- strait-laced ,
- straitlaced ,
- striking ,
- subdued ,
- sublimate ,
- substantial ,
- subvert ,
- sulky ,
- sullen ,
- sumptuous ,
- supercilious ,
- superordinate ,
- superscript ,
- supreme ,
- swaggering ,
- swell ,
- swish ,
- take to ,
- tardily ,
- teachable ,
- terminated ,
- terrific ,
- thanksgiving ,
- thou ,
- thousand ,
- ticket ,
- tidy ,
- tight-laced ,
- toilet ,
- toothsome ,
- top executive ,
- toss off ,
- towering ,
- treasury department ,
- treasury obligations ,
- tremendous ,
- true ,
- tycoon ,
- unappeasable ,
- unconsecrated ,
- unconsolable ,
- unfeigned ,
- unforgiving ,
- unrelenting ,
- unsanctified ,
- upper-level ,
- upstage ,
- very well ,
- victor ,
- victorian ,
- violate ,
- visualise ,
- visualize ,
- vitiate ,
- voiced ,
- voluptuous ,
- wanton ,
- well-fixed ,
- well-heeled ,
- well-off ,
- well-situated ,
- well-thought-of ,
- well-to-do ,
- wickedness ,
- wild blue yonder ,
- with child ,
- wonderful ,
- wondrous ,
- yard .
- Tony ,
- august ,
- blasphemous ,
- blooded ,
- blueish ,
- bluish ,
- cavalier ,
- celebrated ,
- chivalrous ,
- civil ,
- classy ,
- courteous ,
- courtly ,
- dark ,
- debonair ,
- decorous ,
- depressed ,
- dignified ,
- dingy ,
- disconsolate ,
- dismal ,
- dispirited ,
- distinguished ,
- docile ,
- down ,
- downcast ,
- downhearted ,
- drab ,
- drear ,
- dreary ,
- easy ,
- elevated ,
- eminent ,
- exalted ,
- famous ,
- full-blooded ,
- gamey ,
- gamy ,
- genteel ,
- gentlemanly ,
- genuine ,
- gloomy ,
- gracious ,
- grand ,
- great ,
- grim ,
- high-class ,
- honourable ,
- honoured ,
- illustrious ,
- immortal ,
- imposing ,
- juicy ,
- ladylike ,
- leading ,
- lofty ,
- low-spirited ,
- magisterial ,
- magnificent ,
- majestic ,
- mannerly ,
- naughty ,
- notable ,
- over ,
- polite ,
- pre-eminent ,
- profane ,
- prominent ,
- proper ,
- purebred ,
- puritanic ,
- puritanical ,
- racy ,
- renowned ,
- respectable ,
- respected ,
- risque ,
- silk-stocking ,
- soft ,
- sorry ,
- spicy ,
- stately ,
- suave ,
- sublime ,
- upper crust ,
- upper-class ,
- venerable ,
- well-bred ,
- well-mannered .
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How to use "Blue-blooded" in context?
What does it mean to be "blue-blooded"?
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines "blue-blooded" as "[a] term applied to people of noble or high-ranking birth, especially as contrasted with those who are of middle or working-class origin." When used to describe someone, the term typically connotes aristocracy, privilege, and/or wealth.
There's no scientific explanation for the term's origins, but it is believed to have originated in Britain in the late 16th century. During that time, there were only a handful of families that were considered to be of high birth.
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