gent

noun

Definition of gentnext
as in gentleman
an adult male human being ladies and gents

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Recent Examples of gent The owner of the place, a stocky elder gent who reminded me of the environmentalist Yvon Chouinard, lived in an old stone house on the property. — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025 Traitors' Alan Cumming, The Challenge's T.J. Lavin and Deal or No Deal Island's Joe Manganiello were the other gents in the hard-fought category. — Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025 Kripke, who created Supernatural and worked with this trio of gents as that series' original showrunner, long talked about getting Padalecki on The Boys. — Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025 The fact that this depressed gent is portrayed by Rankin himself speaks volumes. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gent
  1. gentleman
  2. male
  3. guy
  4. dude
Noun
  • With over 300 years of history (it was founded in 1681 as an inn for gentleman), this elegant property has 101 rooms and suites and a 3 Michelin star restaurant.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The film presents Costello as a refined, thoughtful gentleman who masked his criminality with charitable causes and a respectable veneer, and Genovese as a vengeful, thuggish type who resorts to brutally violent means to achieve his ends.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of gentleman
Noun
  • The male, whose age and identity were unknown, was discovered in the water just after 10:30 a.m. in the 4800 block of North Simonds Drive, police said.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The young victim, described by police as an 8-year-old male, was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.
    — Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of male
Noun
  • The Royals have a list of guys that can earn the role.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Had the pleasure of traveling, talking, crying, arguing, eating and hanging with this guy all over the globe ...
    — Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of guy
Noun
  • The other reason to believe in Broome didn’t really show itself against Ole Miss, but the dude can pass, with 5.8 dimes per 100 possessions this season and more than two assists for every turnover.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • But his resume features a lot of Boyle-esque data points — a local star who played at Pomona High, who won at UNC (89-71 career mark), a good dude with great local pipelines who could hit the ground running.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025
Definition of dude

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“Gent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gent. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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