| Main Entry: | civilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make cultured; develop |
Synonyms: |
acculturate, acquaint, advance, better, cultivate, edify, educate, elevate, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, ethicize, foster, help forward, humanize, idealize, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, polish, promote, reclaim, refine, sophisticate, spiritualize, tame, uplift |
| Main Entry: | civilized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | polished |
Synonyms: |
advanced, civil, cultured, educated, enlightened, humane, refined, sophisticated, urbane |
| Main Entry: | bland |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, gracious |
Synonyms: |
affable, amiable, civilized, congenial, courteous, gentle, good-natured, ingratiating, oily, pleasant, smooth, suave, unctuous, unemotional, urbane |
Antonyms: |
blase, dull, unfriendly, ungracious |
| Main Entry: | civil |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obliging, kind |
Synonyms: |
accommodating, affable, civilized, complaisant, cordial, courteous, courtly, cultivated, diplomatic, formal, genteel, gracious, mannerly, polished, polite, politic, refined, suave, urbane, well-bred, wellmannered |
Antonyms: |
ill-mannered, impolite, rude, unkind |
| Main Entry: | courteous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gentle, mannerly |
Synonyms: |
affable, attentive, ceremonious, civil, civilized, complaisant, considerate, courtly, cultivated, debonair, elegant, gallant, genteel, gracious, polished, polite, refined, respectful, soft-spoken, suave, thoughtful, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered, well-spoken |
Antonyms: |
bad-mannered, discourteous, impolite, rude, uncivil, uncourteous, unmannerly, unrefined |
| Main Entry: | courtly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | refined manner |
Synonyms: |
adulatory, affable, aristocratic, august, ceremonious, chivalrous, civil, civilized, complimentary, conventional, cultured, decorous, dignified, elegant, flattering, formal, gallant, gracious, high-bred, imposing, lofty, obliging, polished, polite, preux, prim, refined, stately, studied, urbane |
Antonyms: |
impolite, indecorous, inelegant, low-bred, provincial, rough, uncivil, unpolished, unrefined |
| Main Entry: | cultivate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enrich situation; give special attention |
Synonyms: |
advance, ameliorate, better, bolster, bring on, brownnose, butter up, cherish, civilize, court, develop, discipline, elevate, encourage, enrich, foster, further, get in with, get next to, get on good side of, improve, nourish, nurse, nurture, play up to, polish, promote, refine, run after, seek friendship, shine up to, suck up to, take pains with, train |
Antonyms: |
ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | cultured |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-bred, experienced |
Synonyms: |
able, accomplished, advanced, aesthetic, appreciative, au courant, blue-stocking, chivalrous, civilized, courteous, cultivated, distingue, educated, elegant, enlightened, erudite, gallant, genteel, high-class, highbrow, informed, intellectual, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, liberal, literary, literate, mannerly, polished, polite, refined, savant, scholarly, sensitive, sophisticated, tasteful, tolerant, traveled, understanding, up-to-date, urbane, versed, well-informed |
| Notes: | cultured refers to people and pearls; cultivated refers to mind, tastes, speech, or behavior |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, inexperienced, stupid, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | decorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, suitable |
Synonyms: |
au fait, becoming, befitting, ceremonial, ceremonious, civilized, comely, comme il faut, conforming, conventional, correct, de rigueur, decent, demure, dignified, done, elegant, fit, fitting, formal, good, mannerly, meet, moral, nice, polite, prim, proper, punctilious, refined, respectable, right, seasonable, sedate, seemly, staid, well-behaved |
Antonyms: |
impolite, inappropriate, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unfit, unrefined, unseemly, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | educate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | teach information, experience |
Synonyms: |
brainwash*, brief, civilize, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, drum into, edify, enlighten, exercise, explain, foster, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, let in on, mature, nurture, put hip, put through the grind, rear, school, show the ropes, train, tutor |
Antonyms: |
learn |