| 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: | courtesy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | favor, indulgence |
Synonyms: |
accommodation, benevolence, bounty, charity, chivalry, compassion, consent, consideration, dispensation, generosity, kindness, liberality, service, unselfishness |
Antonyms: |
discourtesy, disfavor, disregard |
| Concept: | Courtesy. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
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-nouns
courtesy; respect; good manners, good behavior, good breeding; manners; politeness; bienséance, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, polish, presence; civility, civilization; amenity, suavity; good temper, good humor; amiability, easy temper, complacency, soft tongue, mansuetude; condescension (humility); affability, complaisance, provenance, amability, gallantry; pink of politeness, pink of courtesy., compliment; fair words, soft words, sweet words; honeyed phrases, ceremonial; salutation, reception, presentation, introduction, accueil, greeting, recognition; welcome, abord, respects, devoir, regards, remembrances; kind regards, kind remembrances; love, best love, duty; empty encomium, flattering remark, hollow commendation; salaams., obeisance (reverence); bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection (worship); obsequiousness; capping, shaking hands; grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur, pledge; love token (endearment); kiss, buss, salute., mark of recognition, nod; "nods and becks and wreathed smiles" [Milton]; valediction; condolence.
-verbs
be courteous; show courtesy, mind one's P's and Q's, behave oneself, be all things to all men, conciliate, speak one fair, take in good part; make the amiable, do the amiable; look as if butter would not melt in one's mouth; mend one's manners., receive, do the honors, usher, greet, hail, bid welcome; welcome, welcome with open arms; shake hands; hold out the hand, press the hand, squeeze the hand; bid Godspeed; speed the parting guest; cheer, serenade., salute; embrace (endearment); kiss, kiss hands; drink to, pledge, hob and nob; move to, nod to; smile upon., uncover, cap; touch the hat, take off the hat; doff the cap; present arms; make way for; bow; make one's bow, make a leg; scrape, curtsy, courtesy; bob a curtsy, bob a courtesy; kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee. visit, wait upon, present oneself, pay one's respects, pay a visit (sociability) [more]; dance attendance on (servility); pay attentions to; do homage to (respect)., prostrate oneself (worship)., give one's duty to, send one's duty to,, render polite; polish, civilize, humanize.
-adjectives
courteous, polite, civil, mannerly, urbane; well-behaved, well-mannered, well-bred, well-brought up; good-mannered, polished, civilized, cultivated; refined (taste); gentlemanlike (fashion); gallant; on one's good behavior., fine spoken, fair spoken, soft-spoken; honey-mouthed, honey-tongued; oily, bland; obliging, conciliatory, complaisant, complacent; obsequious., ingratiating, winning; gentle, mild; good-humored, cordial, gracious, affable, familiar; neighborly.
-adverbs
courteously; with a good grace; with open arms, with outstretched arms; a bras ouverts; suaviter in modo, in good humor.
-phrases
Tien de plus estimable que la cermonie; "the very pink of courtesy" [Romeo and Juliet]
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Antonyms: |
discourtesy |
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| Main Entry: | amenity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasing, agreeable behavior |
Synonyms: |
affability, agreeableness, amiability, attention, attractiveness, charity, charm, complaisance, cordiality, courtesy, delightfulness, enjoyableness, etiquette, gallantry, geniality, gentility, gratefulness, kindness, mildness, pleasantness, politeness, refinement, suavity, sweetness |
Antonyms: |
disruption, misbehavior |
| Main Entry: | breeding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivation of person |
Synonyms: |
ancestry, civility, conduct, courtesy, culture, development, gentility, grace, lineage, manners, nurture, polish, raising, rearing, refinement, schooling, training, upbringing, urbanity |
| Main Entry: | chivalry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | valor, gallantry |
Synonyms: |
courage, courtesy, courtliness, fairness, politeness, valiance |
Antonyms: |
cowardice, fear, humbleness, humility |
| Main Entry: | complaisance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreeableness |
Synonyms: |
accommodativeness, acquiescence, compliance, courtesy, deference, friendliness, kindness, obligingness, politeness, respect |
Antonyms: |
antagonism, disagreeableness, discontent, dissatisfaction, obstinancy |
| Main Entry: | compliment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise, flattery |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, acclamation, admiration, adulation, applause, appreciation, approval, blessing, bouquet*, buttering up, cajolery, commendation, comp, confirmation, congratulations, courtesy, encomium, endorsement, eulogy, favor, felicitation, good word, homage, honor, kudo, laud, laudation, laurels, notice, orchid, ovation, panegyric, pat on the back, posy, regard, respects, sanction, sentiment, tribute, veneration, warm fuzzy |
| Notes: | complement is 'to complete, round out' and compliment is 'to praise or admire' and as a noun it is an expression of praise or admiration |
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blame, censure, complaint, criticism, denunciation, insult, libel, slander |
| Main Entry: | complimentary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free |
Synonyms: |
as a perk, chargeless, comp, costless, courtesy, donated, free lunch, free of charge, gratis, gratuitous, honorary, on the house |
Antonyms: |
for sale |
| 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 |