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| Main Entry: | politeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courtesy |
| Synonyms: | charm, civility, culture, kindness, refinement |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | politeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
Grandisonian, affable, bland, civil, civilized, complacent, complaisant, conciliatory, cordial, courteous, cultivated, fair, fine, gentle, gentlemanlike, good, gracious, honey, ingratiating, mannerly, mild, morate, neighborly, obliging, obsequious, off, polished, polite, refined, soft, urbane, well, well, well brought up
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| 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: | decorum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appropriate behavior, good manners |
| Synonyms: | breeding, civility, conduct, convention, correctness, decency, demeanor, deportment, dignity, etiquette, form, formality, gentility, gravity, order, politeness, propriety, protocol, punctilio, respectability, tact, usage, convenance, correctitude, courtliness, good grace, habits, orderliness, politesse, properness, seemliness |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, indecency, rudeness, bad behavior, impoliteness |
| Main Entry: | elegance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivated beauty, taste |
| Synonyms: | breeding, charm, class, cultivation, culture, delicacy, dignity, discernment, distinction, felicity, gentility, grace, grandeur, hauteur, luxury, magnificence, nicety, nobility, polish, politeness, propriety, purity, refinement, restraint, rhythm, sophistication, splendor, style, symmetry, courtliness, exquisiteness, good taste, gracefulness, lushness, noblesse, ornateness, poshness, sumptuousness, tastefulness |
| Antonyms: | roughness, ugliness, crudeness, inelegance, poor taste |
| 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: | 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 |
| Notes: | manner means a way of acting or behaving or how something is done; manners is socially correct behavior; a manor is the landed estate of a lord |
| Main Entry: | social graces |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good manners |
| Synonyms: | breeding, civility, consideration, courtesy, decorum, etiquette, manners, mores, politeness, protocol, tact, elegancies, formalities, polished manners, proper conduct, savoir vivre, table manners |
| Main Entry: | good manners |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social graces |
| Synonyms: | courtesy, etiquette, formality, politeness, respect, graciousness, mannerliness, respectfulness |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, discourtesy, rudeness |
| 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: | culture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breeding, education, sophistication |
| Synonyms: | ability, accomplishment, address, art, capacity, civilization, class, courtesy, cultivation, delicacy, dignity, discrimination, dress, elegance, elevation, enlightenment, erudition, experience, fashion, finish, gentility, grace, improvement, kindness, learning, manners, nobility, perception, polish, politeness, practice, proficiency, refinement, savoir-faire, science, skill, tact, training, aestheticism, good taste, urbanity |
| Main Entry: | amenity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasing, agreeable behavior |
| Synonyms: | attention, charity, charm, complaisance, cordiality, courtesy, etiquette, gallantry, geniality, gentility, kindness, mildness, politeness, refinement, suavity, sweetness, affability, agreeableness, amiability, attractiveness, delightfulness, enjoyableness, gratefulness, pleasantness |
| Antonyms: | disruption, misbehavior |
| Main Entry: | ceremony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | etiquette |
| Synonyms: | ceremonial, conformity, decorum, form, formality, nicety, politeness, pomp, prescription, propriety, protocol, usage, formal courtesy, formalism, preciseness, strictness |
| Main Entry: | deference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attention, homage |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, civility, consideration, courtesy, esteem, honor, obeisance, politeness, regard, respect, reverence, thoughtfulness, veneration |
| Antonyms: | dishonor, disregard, ignorance |
| Main Entry: | propriety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good manners |
| Synonyms: | amenities, breeding, correctness, courtesy, decency, decorum, delicacy, dignity, etiquette, modesty, mores*, politeness, protocol, punctilio, rectitude, refinement, respectability, rules of conduct, accepted conduct, civilities, good behavior, good form, niceties, politesse, seemliness, social conventions, social grace, the done thing |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, impropriety, misbehavior, misconduct |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | refinement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivation, civilization |
| Synonyms: | civility, courtesy, delicacy, dignity, discrimination, elegance, enlightenment, erudition, finesse, finish, gentility, gentleness, good manners, grace, knowledge, lore, nicety, nuance, polish, politeness, precision, sophistication, style, suavity, subtlety, tact, taste, affability, courtliness, fastidiousness, fine point, fine tuning, fineness, good breeding, graciousness, politesse, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, rudeness, crudeness |
| Main Entry: | niceness |
| Part of Speech: | noun2 |
| Definition: | kindness |
| Synonyms: | care, discernment, politeness, prudence, refinement, tact, taste |
| Main Entry: | attention(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courtesy |
| Synonyms: | amenity, care, civility, compliment, consideration, deference, gallantry, politeness, regard, respect, service, assiduities, mindfulness |
| Antonyms: | disregard |
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