KNIGHTLY Synonyms

• a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

• a man who attends or escorts a woman

• unflinching in battle or action

• lively and spirited

• having or displaying great dignity or nobility

• being attentive to women like an ideal knight

• refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

• relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity

• a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter

• very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)

• having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes

• of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

• showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort

• not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth

• worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect

• adhering to ethical and moral principles

• deserving of esteem and respect

• of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times

• having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character

• a titled peer of the realm

• impressive in size, manner, or appearance

• inert especially toward oxygen

• having or showing valor

• characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages

• relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages

• as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened

• characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages