dignity

Other forms of dignity

plural

dignities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dignity

What does dignity mean?

dignity means "the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dignity?

dignity has 3 syllables: dig-ni-ty. The stress falls on "dig". In IPA it is /ˈdɪɡnəti/.

What is another word for dignity?

Close synonyms include self-respect, self-regard, self-worth, lordliness, gravitas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dignity a common word?

dignity is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.