salt of the earth
noun
Roget 948:
good man,
honest man,
worthy.
good woman,
perfect lady,
Madonna.
model,
paragon
etc.
(perfection)
650;
good example;
hero,
heroine,
demigod,
seraph,
angel;
innocent
etc.
946;
saint
etc.
(piety)
987;
benefactor
etc.
912;
philanthropist
etc.
910;
Aristides†;
noble liver†,
pattern.
brick [Slang],
trump [Slang],
gem,
jewel,
good fellow,
prince,
diamond in the rough,
rough diamond,
ugly duckling†.
salt of the earth;
one in ten thousand;
one in a million;
a gentleman and a scholar;
pillar of society,
pillar of the community,
a man among men.
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Roget 912:
benefactor,
savior,
good genius,
tutelary saint,
guardian angel,
good Samaritan;
pater patriae [Lat.];
salt of the earth
etc.
(good man);;
948;
auxiliary
etc.
711.
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Roget 648:
goodness
etc.
adj.;
excellence,
merit;
virtue
etc.
944;
value,
worth,
price.
super-excellence,
supereminence;
superiority
etc.
33;
perfection
etc.
650;
coup de maitre [Fr.];
masterpiece,
chef d'ouvre [Fr.],
prime,
flower,
cream,
elite,
pick,
A 1,
nonesuch,
nonpareil,
creme de la creme,
flower of the flock,
cock of the roost,
salt of the earth;
champion;
prodigy.
tidbit;
gem,
gem of the first water;
bijou,
precious stone,
jewel,
pearl,
diamond,
ruby,
brilliant,
treasure;
good thing;
rara avis [Lat.],
one in a thousand.
beneficence
etc.
906;
good man
etc.
948.
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Moby thesaurus: Christian, bourgeoisie, burgher, champion, choice, chosen, common people, common run, common sort, commonage, commonality, commonalty, commoners, commons, cream, elect, elite, exemplary citizen, faithful, fat, flower, galantuomo, gentilhomme, gentleman, good citizen, good man, good neighbor, good woman, honest man, honest woman, laborers, lady, linendrapers, lower classes, lower middle class, lower orders, lumpen proletariat, man of honor, middle class, middle orders, nonesuch, nonpareil, optimum, ordinary people, paragon, peasantry, pick, pillar of society, plain folks, plain people, prime, prize, proletariat, queen, quintessence, rank and file, real lady, respectable citizen, select, shopkeepers, small tradesmen, straight shooter, superlative, the best, the best ever, the lower cut, the other half, the third estate, the tops, the very best, toilers, toiling class, true Christian, true blue, truepenny, trusty, upper middle class, vulgus, woman of honor, working class, working people ... show more.
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