| Main Entry: | mannerly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | polite, well-behaved |
Synonyms: |
charming, civil, civilized, considerate, courteous, decorous, genteel, gracious, polished, refined, respectful, well-bred, well-mannered |
Antonyms: |
crass, crude, gross, impolite, misbehaved, rude |
| 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: | 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: | decent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectable, appropriate |
Synonyms: |
approved, becoming, befitting, chaste, clean, comely, comme il faut, conforming, continent, correct, decorous, delicate, ethical, fit, fitting, good, honest, honorable, immaculate, mannerly, modest, moral, nice, noble, on the up and up, polite, presentable, proper, prudent, pure, reserved, right, seemly, spotless, stainless, standard, straight, straight arrow, straight shooting, suitable, trustworthy, unblemished, undefiled, untarnished, upright, virtuous, worthy |
Antonyms: |
inappropriate, indecent, poor, unrespectable, unsuitable, unsuited |
| 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: | genteel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sophisticated, cultured |
Synonyms: |
affected, aristocratic, artificial, chivalrous, civil, confined, courteous, courtly, cultivated, distingué, elegant, fashionable, formal, graceful, hollow, intolerant, la-di-da, mannerly, noble, ostentatious, polished, polite, pompous, precious, pretentious, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, refined, respectable, straitlaced, stuffy, stylish, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered |
Antonyms: |
boorish, callous, rough, rude, rugged, uncultured, unrefined, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-behaved |
Synonyms: |
considerate, decorous, dutiful, kindly, mannerly, obedient, orderly, polite, proper, respectful, seemly, thoughtful, tolerant, tractable, well-mannered |
Antonyms: |
bad, misbehaving |
| Main Entry: | social |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | public, friendly |
Synonyms: |
amusing, civil, collective, common, communal, communicative, community, companionable, convivial, cordial, diverting, entertaining, familiar, general, gracious, gregarious, group, hospitable, informative, mannerly, neighborly, nice, organized, pleasant, pleasurable, polished, polite, popular, sociable, societal |
Antonyms: |
hermetical, private, secluded, unfriendly, unsocial |
| Main Entry: | urbane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | civilized |
Synonyms: |
affable, balanced, bland, civil, cosmopolitan, courteous, cultivated, cultured, debonair, elegant, genteel, gracious, mannerly, metropolitan, obliging, poised, polished, polite, refined, smooth, sophisticated, suave, well-bred, well-mannered |
Antonyms: |
uncivilized, uncouth, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | gentlemanly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cultivated |
Synonyms: |
civil, civilized, courteous, gallant, genteel, gentlemanlike, honorable, mannerly, noble, obliging, polished, polite, refined, reputable, suave, urbane, well-bred, well-mannered |
Antonyms: |
rude, unbecoming |