| Main Entry: | cultivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development of land for growing |
Synonyms: |
agrology, agronomics, agronomy, farming, gardening, horticulture, planting, plowing, tillage, tilling, working |
| Notes: | culture is acquired by study and application; cultivation is developed by training and exposure |
| Main Entry: | cultivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | culture, sophistication, education |
Synonyms: |
advancement, aestheticism, breeding, civility, civilization, delicacy, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, gentility, good taste, grounding, improvement, learning, letters, manners, polish, progress, refined taste, refinement, schooling, taste |
Antonyms: |
ignorance, unsophistication |
| Main Entry: | cultivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nurture, help |
Synonyms: |
advancement, advocacy, development, encouragement, enhancement, fostering, furtherance, patronage, promotion, support |
Antonyms: |
destruction, harm, hurt, neglect |
| Main Entry: | agriculture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | farming, crop production |
Synonyms: |
agronomics, agronomy, cultivation, culture, horticulture, husbandry, tillage |
| Main Entry: | background |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | experience or circumstances |
Synonyms: |
accomplishments, acquirement, actions, atmosphere, attainment, aura, backdrop, breeding, capacity, credentials, cultivation, culture, deeds, education, environment, framework, grounding, history, practice, preparation, qualification, rearing, seasoning, tradition, training, upbringing |
Antonyms: |
foreground |
| Main Entry: | civilization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | culture, sophistication |
Synonyms: |
acculturation, advancement, breeding, civility, cultivation, development, edification, education, elevation, enlightenment, illumination, polish, progress, refinement, social well-being |
Antonyms: |
barbarism, primitiveness |
| Main Entry: | courtesy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good manners |
Synonyms: |
address, affability, amenities, amiability, attentiveness, ceremony, chivalry, civility, comity, complaisance, consideration, cordiality, courteousness, courtliness, cultivation, culture, deference, elegance, familiarity, favor, friendliness, gallantness, gallantry, generosity, geniality, gentleness, good behavior, good breeding, graciousness, indulgence, kindness, polish, politeness, refinement, respect, reverence, solicitude, suavity, sympathy, tact, thoughtfulness, urbanity |
Antonyms: |
bad manners, discourtesy, impoliteness, pompousness, rudeness, unmannerliness |
| Main Entry: | culture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breeding, education, sophistication |
Synonyms: |
ability, accomplishment, address, aestheticism, art, capacity, civilization, class, courtesy, cultivation, delicacy, dignity, discrimination, dress, elegance, elevation, enlightenment, erudition, experience, fashion, finish, gentility, good taste, grace, improvement, kindness, learning, manners, nobility, perception, polish, politeness, practice, proficiency, refinement, savoir-faire, science, skill, tact, training, urbanity |
| Notes: | culture is acquired by study and application; cultivation is developed by training and exposure |
| Main Entry: | culture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development of land |
Synonyms: |
agriculture, agrology, agronomics, agronomy, cultivation, farming, gardening, raising, tending |
| Main Entry: | discipline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | regimen, training |
Synonyms: |
conduct, control, cultivation, curb, development, domestication, drill, drilling, education, exercise, inculcation, indoctrination, limitation, method, orderliness, practice, preparation, regulation, restraint, self-command, self-control, self-government, self-mastery, self-restraint, strictness, subordination, will, willpower |
Antonyms: |
chaos, confusion, disorder, disorganization, neglect, negligence, permissiveness |