earl

The word “earl” has 1 syllable: earl

It's pronounced as /ɜːrl/


What is synonym and antonym for earl?

In the thesaurus, “earl” has 65 synonyms and 15 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for earl along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for earl

  • archduke
  • aristocrat
  • baron
  • baronet
  • bishop
  • blue blood
  • captain
  • cavalier
  • chevalier
  • commandant
  • commander
  • count
  • country gentleman
  • dad
  • don
  • duke
  • emperor
  • esquire
  • gentleman
  • governor
  • grandee
  • hidalgo
  • king
  • knight
  • leader
  • liege
  • lord
  • lordship
  • magnate
  • magnifico
  • man upstairs
  • marchese
  • margrave
  • marquess
  • marquis
  • master
  • milord
  • monarch
  • nabob
  • nawab
  • nobility
  • noble
  • nobleman
  • old man
  • overlord
  • parliamentarian
  • patrician
  • peer
  • potentate
  • prince
  • princelet
  • princeling
  • raja
  • royalty
  • ruler
  • seigneur
  • seignior
  • sheik
  • sheikh
  • sire
  • sovereign
  • squire
  • superior
  • valet
  • viscount

Antonyms for earl

  • boor
  • churl
  • commoner
  • cottar
  • cotter
  • fellah
  • follower
  • inferior
  • peasant
  • peon
  • pleb
  • plebeian
  • proletarian
  • servant
  • toiler

Meanings of earl

  • noun
    1. (nobility) A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.
    2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.

Example Sentences

  • The earl graciously hosted a grand banquet in the castle.
  • The loyal subjects gathered to celebrate the coronation of their new earl.
  • The wise earl provided counsel to the king during times of uncertainty.
  • The estate flourished under the leadership of the visionary earl.
  • Tales of the gallant deeds of the legendary earl were passed down through generations.

On this page you'll find 80 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to earl, such as: archduke, aristocrat, baron, baronet, bishop, blue blood, boor.

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Related Words

aboriginal

about

  • abroad
  • across
  • adjacent
  • afloat
  • after a fashion
  • all but
  • all over
  • almost
  • along
  • alongside
  • any which way
  • anyhow
  • appreciably
  • approximately
  • apropos
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  • around
  • aroused
  • as concerns
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  • astir
  • at
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  • awake
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  • back
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  • dealing with
  • down
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  • encircling
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  • fair
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  • generally
  • here and there
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  • hereabouts
  • high and low
  • in connection with
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  • in relation to
  • in respect to
  • in reverse
  • in the ball park
  • in the neighborhood
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  • insomniac
  • just about
  • kind of
  • largely
  • like
  • loosely
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  • much
  • near
  • nearby
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  • nigh
  • nominally
  • obversely
  • of
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  • partially
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  • plus or minus
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  • rearward
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  • reawakened
  • referring to
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  • revived
  • right and left
  • roughly
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  • roused
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  • say
  • sleepless
  • some
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  • touching
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  • toward
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  • ubiquitously
  • up
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  • wakeful
  • wakened
  • well-nigh
  • widdershins
  • wide-awake
  • with regard to
  • with respect to
  • withershins
  • within an inch of

abutting

  • abreast
  • across the street
  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • after
  • along toward
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  • ambient
  • approaching
  • approximal
  • approximate
  • around
  • around the corner
  • at close quarters
  • at hand
  • attached
  • available
  • back-to-back
  • beside
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  • bordering on
  • bounding
  • burning
  • circumjacent
  • close
  • close shave
  • close-at-hand
  • close-by
  • closest
  • coming
  • communicating
  • connected
  • connecting
  • consequent
  • contacting
  • contactual
  • conterminous
  • contiguous
  • convenient
  • converging
  • coterminous
  • edging
  • embracing
  • encircling
  • enclosing
  • encompassing
  • ensuing
  • fencing
  • flanking
  • flush
  • following
  • fringing
  • give or take a little
  • handy
  • hard by
  • immediate
  • imminent
  • impending
  • impinging
  • in close proximity
  • in spitting distance
  • in the ball park
  • inclosing
  • interconnecting
  • joined
  • joining
  • juxtaposed
  • juxtapositional
  • later
  • lining
  • linked
  • marginal
  • margining
  • meeting
  • near
  • near-at-hand
  • nearby
  • nearest
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  • neighboring
  • next
  • next door
  • next door to
  • next to
  • next-door
  • nigh
  • not remote
  • on the edge of
  • on the side
  • peripheral
  • practically
  • proximal
  • proximate
  • ready
  • rimming
  • side-by-side
  • skirting
  • subsequent
  • succeeding
  • surrounding
  • tangent
  • tangential
  • touching
  • united
  • verging
  • vincinal
  • warm

accessorize

  • accent
  • add on
  • adorn
  • array
  • beautify
  • bedeck
  • bedizen
  • blazon
  • boss
  • braid
  • brighten
  • caparison
  • chase
  • deck
  • decorate
  • diamond
  • do
  • do up
  • doll up
  • drape
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  • embellish
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  • embroider
  • enrich
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  • fancify
  • fancy up
  • feather
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  • figure
  • filigree
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  • freshen
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  • fringe
  • furbelow
  • garland
  • garnish
  • gem
  • gild
  • grace
  • gussy up
  • hang
  • impearl
  • jewel
  • lace
  • ornament
  • paint
  • pearl
  • redecorate
  • redo
  • ribbon
  • smarten
  • supplement
  • swag
  • trap
  • trim
  • wreathe

accessorized

  • adorned
  • arrayed
  • beautified
  • bedecked
  • bedizened
  • blazoned
  • bossed
  • braided
  • brightened
  • caparisoned
  • chased
  • decked
  • decorated
  • diamonded
  • did
  • did up
  • dolled up
  • draped
  • dressed
  • dressed up
  • embellished
  • emblazed
  • embossed
  • embroidered
  • enriched
  • fancied up
  • fancified
  • feathered
  • festooned
  • figured
  • filigreed
  • filleted
  • flounced
  • freshened
  • frilled
  • fringed
  • furbelowed
  • garlanded
  • garnished
  • gemmed
  • gilded
  • gilt
  • graced
  • gussied up
  • hanged
  • hung
  • impearled
  • jeweled
  • jewelled
  • laced
  • ornamented
  • painted
  • pearled
  • redecorated
  • redid
  • ribboned
  • smartened
  • swagged
  • trapped
  • trimmed
  • wreathed

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