gentleman: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 12 letter points · starts with G · ends with N
Meaning of gentleman
noun
Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
- broadly, polite, term-of-address
Any man.
Example: Please escort this gentleman to the gentlemen's room.
- derogatory
An effeminate or oversophisticated man.
Example: Well, la-di-da, aren't you just a proper gentleman?
An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.
Listed forms: gentlemen.
Source: Wiktionary — gentleman.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is gentleman in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of gentleman
G(2) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) + L(1) + E(1) + M(3) + A(1) + N(1) = 12 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of gentleman
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from gentleman
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