dignity

1. 1.

   the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect

   “it was beneath his dignity to cheat”

   “showed his true dignity when under pressure”

   Synonymsself-respectself-regardself-worth

   Broaderpride
2. 2.

   formality in bearing and appearance

   “he behaved with great dignity”

   Synonymslordlinessgravitas

   Broaderbearing
3. 3.

   high office or rank or station

   “he respected the dignity of the emissaries”

   Broaderstatus

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.