WELLBORN Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

wellborn

adjective

ˈwel-ˈbȯrn

Definition of wellborn

as in aristocratic

of high birth, rank, or station the wellborn men among the colonists had no experience with physical labor

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Here’s one book written by this aristocratic Thai woman almost 80 years ago.

— Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
In it, a twelve-year-old boy, Cosimo, rebels against his aristocratic family, and the Enlightenment’s false divide between nature and culture, by climbing a holm oak and spending his life in the canopy.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of aristocratic

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The historic home, situated between Via Rodari and Piazza Roma, dates to the 16th and 17th centuries and takes its name from a noble clan that included Pope Innocent XI, head of the Catholic Church in the late 1600s.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2026
Next weekend’s slate of new releases looks a lot like this week’s leaderboards — a ton of bright contenders who will engage in a noble, if doomed effort to topple the reigning kings.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026

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