nobility

Other forms of nobility

plural

nobilities·

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 nobility

What does nobility mean?

nobility means "a privileged class holding hereditary titles". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nobility?

nobility has 4 syllables: no-bil-i-ty. The stress falls on "bil". In IPA it is /noʊˈbɪləti/.

What is another word for nobility?

Close synonyms include aristocracy, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur, noblesse. 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 nobility a common word?

nobility is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with nobility?

23 words rhyme with nobility. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.