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courtesy - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | courtesy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good manners |
| Synonyms: | address, amenities, ceremony, chivalry, civility, complaisance, consideration, cordiality, cultivation, culture, deference, elegance, familiarity, favor, friendliness, gallantry, generosity, geniality, gentleness, indulgence, kindness, polish, politeness, refinement, respect, reverence, solicitude, suavity, sympathy, tact, thoughtfulness, affability, amiability, attentiveness, comity, courteousness, courtliness, gallantness, good behavior, good breeding, graciousness, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, discourtesy, rudeness, impoliteness, pompousness, unmannerliness |
| Main Entry: | courtesy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | favor, indulgence |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, benevolence, bounty, charity, chivalry, compassion, consent, consideration, dispensation, generosity, kindness, service, unselfishness, liberality |
| Antonyms: | discourtesy, disfavor, disregard |
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-nouns
courtesy; respect [more]; 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) [more]; 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) [more]; bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection (worship) [more]; obsequiousness [more]; capping, shaking hands; grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur, pledge; love token (endearment) [more]; kiss, buss, salute., mark of recognition, nod; "nods and becks and wreathed smiles" [Milton]; valediction [more]; condolence [more].
-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) [more]; 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) [more]; pay attentions to; do homage to (respect) [more]., prostrate oneself (worship) [more]., 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) [more]; gentlemanlike (fashion) [more]; gallant; on one's good behavior., fine spoken, fair spoken, soft-spoken; honey-mouthed, honey-tongued; oily, bland; obliging, conciliatory, complaisant, complacent; obsequious [more]., 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 |
| Main Entry: | breeding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivation of person |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, civility, conduct, courtesy, culture, development, gentility, grace, lineage, manners, nurture, polish, refinement, training, upbringing, raising, rearing, schooling, urbanity |
| Main Entry: | chivalry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | valor, gallantry |
| Synonyms: | courage, courtesy, fairness, politeness, courtliness, valiance |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, fear, humility, humbleness |
| Main Entry: | complaisance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreeableness |
| Synonyms: | acquiescence, compliance, courtesy, deference, friendliness, kindness, politeness, respect, accommodativeness, obligingness |
| Antonyms: | antagonism, discontent, dissatisfaction, disagreeableness, obstinancy |
| Main Entry: | compliment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise, flattery |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, acclamation, admiration, adulation, applause, appreciation, approval, blessing, bouquet*, commendation, confirmation, congratulations, courtesy, encomium, endorsement, eulogy, favor, homage, honor, laud, laurels, notice, ovation, panegyric, pat on the back, posy*, regard, respects, sanction, sentiment, tribute, veneration, buttering up, cajolery, comp, felicitation, good word, kudo, laudation, orchid, 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 |
| Antonyms: | blame, censure, complaint, criticism, denunciation, insult, libel, slander |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | respectable behavior |
| Synonyms: | appropriateness, civility, correctness, courtesy, decorum, dignity, etiquette, fitness, formality, good manners, honesty, modesty, propriety, respectability, righteousness, virtue, ceremoniousness, conventionality, fittingness, good form, seemliness |
| Antonyms: | impropriety, indecency, obscenity, immodesty, immorality, obsceneness |
| Main Entry: | etiquette |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manners, politeness |
| Synonyms: | amenities, civility, code, convention, courtesy, customs, decency, decorum, deportment, dignity, form, formalities, good behavior, mores, p's and q's, politesse, proper behavior, propriety, protocol, rules, seemliness, social graces, suavities, usage |
| Antonyms: | bad manners |
| Main Entry: | fairness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | justice |
| Synonyms: | candor, charity, civility, consideration, courtesy, decency, decorum, due, duty, equity, fair shake*, good faith, goodness, honesty, honor, humanity, impartiality, integrity, moderation, propriety, right, righteousness, suitability, tolerance, truth, uprightness, veracity, charitableness, disinterestedness, equitableness, exactitude, fair-mindedness, give and take, justness, legitimacy, open-mindedness, rationality, reasonableness, rightfulness, rightness, seemliness, square deal |
| Antonyms: | inequity, injustice, partiality, wrong, unfairness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | favor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | approval, good opinion; help |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, account, admiration, aid, approbation, assistance, backing, benediction, benefit, benevolence, bias, blessing, boon, championship, compliment, consideration, cooperation, courtesy, dispensation, encouragement, esteem, estimation, friendliness, gift, good will*, grace, indulgence, kindness, largess, okay, partiality, patronage, present, regard, respect, service, support, token, benignity, good turn, obligement |
| Antonyms: | disapproval, disfavor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gallantry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bravery, civility |
| Synonyms: | address, audacity, boldness, courage, courtesy, daring, deference, derring-do*, duty, elegance, honor, mettle, nerve, nobility, pluck*, poise, politeness, prowess, resolution, reverence, savoir-faire, spirit, tact, valor, attentiveness, courageousness, courteousness, dauntlessness, fearlessness, graciousness, intrepidity, urbanity, valiance |
| Antonyms: | fear, cowardliness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gentility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sophistication, cultivation |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, blue blood, civility, courtesy, culture, decorum, elegance, elite, etiquette, flower*, formality, gentry, good manners, nobility, polish, politeness, propriety, quality, rank, refinement, respectability, society, upper class, courtliness, gentle birth, gentlefolk, good breeding, good family, high birth, mannerliness, optimacy, ruling class, upper crust, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | coarseness, roughness, crudeness, rusticity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indulgence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luxury; gratification |
| Synonyms: | allowance, appeasement, attention, courtesy, endurance, excess, extravagance, favor, fondness, forbearance, fulfillment, goodwill, gratifying, hedonism, intemperance, kindness, leniency, partiality, patience, pleasing, privilege, satisfaction, service, tolerance, understanding, babying, coddling, favoring, fondling, immoderation, intemperateness, kowtowing, lenience, pampering, permissiveness, petting, placating, profligacy, profligateness, satiation, spoiling, toadying, toleration, treating |
| Antonyms: | abstention, care, moderation, temperance |
| Main Entry: | manners |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | polite, refined social behavior |
| Synonyms: | amenities, bearing, behavior, breeding, carriage, ceremony, civilities, comportment, conduct, courtesy, culture, decorum, demeanor, deportment, dignity, elegance, etiquette, formalities, good breeding, good form, mien, mores, p's and q's, polish, politeness, politesse, propriety, protocol, refinement, social graces, sophistication, taste, urbanity |
| Main Entry: | protocol |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rules of conduct, behavior in certain situation |
| Synonyms: | agreement, code, compact, concordat, contract, conventions, courtesy, covenant, custom, decorum, etiquette, formalities, good form, manners, obligation, order, p's and q's, pact, politesse, propriety, treaty |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, crudeness, impropriety |
| Main Entry: | punctilio |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | etiquette |
| Synonyms: | ceremony, civility, code, convention, courtesy, customs, decorum, dignity, form, formalities, formality, mores, nicety, p's and q's, politesse, proper behavior, protocol, refinement, rules, social graces |
| Main Entry: | tact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finesse, thoughtfulness |
| Synonyms: | acumen, acuteness, address, adroitness, amenity, care, common sense, consideration, control, courtesy, delicacy, diplomacy, discernment, discretion, discrimination, gallantry, head, horse sense*, intelligence, judgment, penetration, perception, perspicacity, poise, policy, presence, prudence, refinement, repose, savoir faire, sensitivity, skill, smoothness, suavity, subtlety, understanding, aptness, delicatesse, good taste, politicness, tactfulness, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, indiscretion, thoughtlessness, tactlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | good deed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | act of kindness |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, aid, assistance, benevolence, courtesy, favor, help, kindness, good turn, kind deed, kindly act, special favor |
| Main Entry: | labor of love |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | productive work that is enjoyed |
| Synonyms: | courtesy, good deed, good offices, act of grace, good turn, good work, kind offices, kindly act, mitzvah |
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