gentlemanlike

1. 1.

   befitting a man of good breeding

   “gentlemanly behavior”

   Synonymsgentlemanly

   Similarrefined

Questions about gentlemanlike

What does gentlemanlike mean?

gentlemanlike means "befitting a man of good breeding".

How many syllables are in gentlemanlike?

gentlemanlike has 4 syllables and divides as gent-le-man-like under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for gentlemanlike?

Close synonyms include gentlemanly. 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.