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.
Definitions
- adjective. Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
- adjective. Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.
- adjective. Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
- noun. A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood.
- noun. One fond of paying attention to ladies.
- noun. One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.
- transitive verb. To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.
- transitive verb. To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.
- noun. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- noun. a man who attends or escorts a woman
- adjective. unflinching in battle or action
"a gallant warrior"
"put up a gallant resistance to the attackers"
- adjective. being attentive to women like an ideal knight
- adjective. having or displaying great dignity or nobility
"a gallant pageant"
"lofty ships"
- adjective. lively and spirited
"a dashing hero"
Synonyms
beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fop, sheik, swell, squire, chivalrous, knightly, lofty, majestic, proud, dashing
Common word forms
gallants, gallanted, gallantly, gallanting, gallantize, gallantness
Words from these letters
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