Dictionary Entry
gallant
gallant is a 7-letter English word with 14 senses as adjective, noun, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 12 · 14 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
- 2adjective
Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.
- 3adjective
Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
- 4noun
A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood.
- 5noun
One fond of paying attention to ladies.
- 6noun
One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.
- 7transitive verb
To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.
- 8transitive verb
To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.
- 9noun
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- 10noun
a man who attends or escorts a woman
Synonyms
- 11adjective
unflinching in battle or action
"a gallant warrior"
"put up a gallant resistance to the attackers"
- 12adjective
being attentive to women like an ideal knight
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- 13adjective
having or displaying great dignity or nobility
"a gallant pageant"
"lofty ships"
- 14adjective
lively and spirited
"a dashing hero"
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