Your Highness

Addressing a prince

Your Highness is a formal address for royalty, particularly princes and princesses.

It functions like a pronoun in direct address: Your Highness, the ambassador has arrived.

In third person, the form shifts to His or Her Highness.

The title ranks below Your Majesty, used for kings and queens.

Outside formal contexts, it appears sarcastically for someone acting imperious: Oh, is this not good enough for Your Highness?

deference

obeisance

Gesture of reverence

bowRespectful forward inclination
curtsyRespectful knee-bending gesture
genuflectionKnee-bending act of reverence

prostration · kneeling · reverence · homage · fealty · allegiance · submission · subservience · humility · meekness

address

salutation

Expression of goodwill

greetingExpression of welcome
honorificRespectful form of address
titleFormal honorific or name

form of address · protocol · etiquette · courtesy · formality · decorum · propriety · audience · petition · supplication

royalty

prince

Royal family male

princessMonarch's daughter or heir
monarchHereditary supreme ruler
sovereignSupreme in power

crown · throne · regent · heir · dynasty · palace · court · coronation · regalia · scepter

Categories

honorificssir, madam, Mr, Mrs, Ms
Fantasy FilmsLabyrinth, The NeverEnding Story, Willow, The Dark Crystal, Pan's Labyrinth
nicknamesnickname, pet name, alias, handle, moniker
titlesMr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., Miss

Opposites

social rank/status of addressee

Your Highnesspeasant

Low-status agricultural laborer

serf · commoner · servant · peon · lowborn

formality and deference

Your Highnessscum

Surface residue or lowlifes

vermin · hey you · fool · dog · swine

power dynamic

Your Highnessboy

Young male person

girl · wench · knave · varlet · lackey

Family

high, higher, highest, your, heighten, heightened, heightening, heightens

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Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G