| 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: | humble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meek, unassuming |
Synonyms: |
apprehensive, backward, bashful, biddable, blushing, content, courteous, deferential, demure, diffident, docile, fearful, gentle, hesitant, lowly, manageable, mild, modest, obliging, obsequious, ordinary, polite, quiet, reserved, respectful, retiring, reverential, sedate, self-conscious, self-effacing, servile, sheepish, shy, simple, soft-spoken, standoffish, submissive, subservient, supplicatory, tentative, timid, timorous, tractable, unambitious, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretentious, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
assertive, boasting, brave, conceited, egotistical, insolent, pretentious, proud, showy |
| Main Entry: | introverted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reserved |
Synonyms: |
bashful, cautious, close-mouthed, cold*, collected, cool, demure, introspective, modest, offish, quiet, reclusive, restrained, secretive, shy, soft-spoken, solitary, standoffish, uncommunicative, withdrawn |
| Main Entry: | reserved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silent, unsociable; constrained |
Synonyms: |
aloof, backward, bashful, cautious, ceremonious, close, close-mouthed, cold*, collected, composed, conventional, cool, demure, diffident, distant, eremitic, formal, frigid, gentle, icy*, mild, misanthropic, modest, noncommittal, offish, peaceful, placid, prim, quiet, reclusive, restrained, reticent, retiring, secretive, sedate, self-contained, serene, shy, soft-spoken, solitary, standoffish, taciturn, unapproachable, uncommunicative, uncompanionable, undemonstrative, unresponsive, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
extroverted, friendly, outgoing, sociable |
| Main Entry: | soft-spoken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quiet |
Synonyms: |
close-mouthed, gentle, hushed, hushful, low, low-keyed, low-pitched, mild, muffled, peaceful, reserved, silent, soft, still |
| Main Entry: | suave |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charming, smooth |
Synonyms: |
affable, agreeable, bland, civilized, cordial, courteous, courtly, cultivated, cultured, diplomatic, distingué, fulsome, genial, glib, gracious, ingratiating, obliging, oily, pleasant, pleasing, polished, polite, politic, refined, smooth-tongued, sociable, soft*, soft-spoken, sophisticated, unctuous, urbane, well-bred, worldly |
Antonyms: |
awkward, clumsy, unpolished, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | self-controlled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reserved |
Synonyms: |
aloof, backward, bashful, cautious, ceremonious, close, close-mouthed, cold*, collected, composed, controlled, conventional, cool*, demure, diffident, distant, eremitic, formal, frigid, gentle, icy*, inhibited, mild, misanthropic, modest, noncommittal, offish, peaceful, placid, prim, quiet, reclusive, restrained, reticent, retiring, secretive, sedate, self-contained, self-restrained, serene, shy, soft-spoken, solitary*, standoffish, taciturn, unapproachable, uncommunicative, uncompanionable, undemonstrative, unresponsive, withdrawn |
| Main Entry: | self-restrained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reserved |
Synonyms: |
aloof, backward, bashful, cautious, ceremonious, close, close-mouthed, cold*, collected, composed, controlled, conventional, cool*, demure, diffident, distant, eremitic, formal, frigid, gentle, icy*, inhibited, mild, misanthropic, modest, noncommittal, offish, peaceful, placid, prim, quiet, reclusive, restrained, reticent, retiring, secretive, sedate, self-contained, self-controlled, serene, shy, soft-spoken, solitary*, standoffish, taciturn, unapproachable, uncommunicative, uncompanionable, undemonstrative, unresponsive, withdrawn |