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| Main Entry: | urbane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | civilized |
| Synonyms: | affable, balanced, bland, civil, cosmopolitan, courteous, cultured, debonair, elegant, genteel, gracious, mannerly, metropolitan, obliging, polished, polite, refined, smooth, sophisticated, suave, well-bred, well-mannered, cultivated, poised |
| Notes: | urban refers to a city; urbane means polished and smooth, as in a person's demeanor |
| Antonyms: | uncivilized, uncouth, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | affable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
| Synonyms: | amiable, amicable, approachable, benevolent, benign, breezy, civil, congenial, cordial, courteous, genial, gentle, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, kindly, mild, nice, obliging, pleasant, polite, sociable, urbane, warm, clubby |
| Antonyms: | complaining, disdainful, grouchy, grumbling, impolite, miserable, reserved, surly, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | civilized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | polished |
| Synonyms: | advanced, civil, cultured, educated, enlightened, humane, refined, sophisticated, urbane |
| Main Entry: | cosmopolitan |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worldly-wise |
| Synonyms: | catholic, cultured, ecumenical, global, gregarious, metropolitan, planetary, polished, public, smooth, sophisticated, universal, urbane, worldly, worldwide, cultivated, well-travelled |
| Antonyms: | country, rural, rustic |
| Main Entry: | courteous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gentle, mannerly |
| Synonyms: | affable, attentive, ceremonious, civil, civilized, complaisant, considerate, courtly, debonair, elegant, gallant, genteel, gracious, polished, polite, refined, respectful, soft-spoken, suave, thoughtful, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered, cultivated, well-spoken |
| Antonyms: | discourteous, impolite, rude, uncivil, unmannerly, unrefined, bad-mannered, uncourteous |
| Main Entry: | courtly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | refined manner |
| Synonyms: | affable, aristocratic, august, ceremonious, chivalrous, civil, civilized, complimentary, conventional, cultured, decorous, dignified, elegant, flattering, formal, gallant, gracious, imposing, lofty, obliging, polished, polite, prim, refined, stately, studied, urbane, adulatory, high-bred, preux |
| Antonyms: | impolite, indecorous, inelegant, provincial, rough, uncivil, unpolished, unrefined, low-bred |
| Main Entry: | cultured |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-bred, experienced |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, advanced, aesthetic, appreciative, au courant, chivalrous, civilized, courteous, 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, blue-stocking, cultivated, distingue |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, inexperienced, stupid, unsophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debonair |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charming, elegant |
| Synonyms: | affable, buoyant, casual, cheerful, courteous, dashing, detached, happy, jaunty, lighthearted, nonchalant, pleasant, refined, smooth, sprightly, suave, urbane, well-bred |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, inelegant, uncharming, undebonair |
| Main Entry: | gallant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brave, splendid |
| Synonyms: | attentive, bold, considerate, courageous, courteous, courtly, daring, dashing, dauntless, dignified, doughty, fearless, game*, glorious, gracious, grand, gritty*, hairy*, heroic, honorable, intrepid, lionhearted*, lofty, magnanimous, noble, plucky*, polite, quixotic, stately, stouthearted, suave, thoughtful, urbane, valiant, valorous, fire-eating |
| Antonyms: | afraid, cowardly, fearful, timid, ungentlemanly, unmannerly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | genteel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sophisticated, cultured |
| Synonyms: | affected, aristocratic, artificial, chivalrous, civil, confined, courteous, courtly, elegant, fashionable, formal, graceful, hollow, intolerant, mannerly, noble, ostentatious, polished, polite, pompous, precious, pretentious, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, refined, respectable, straitlaced, stuffy*, stylish, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered, cultivated, distingué, la-di-da |
| Antonyms: | boorish, callous, rough, rude, rugged, uncultured, unrefined, unsophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glib |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slick, smooth-talking |
| Synonyms: | artful, articulate, easy, eloquent, facile, flip, fluent, garrulous, insincere, loquacious, plausible, quick, ready, silver-tongued*, slippery*, suave, talkative, urbane, vocal, voluble, fast-talking, hot-air, smooth operator, smooth-spoken*, smooth-tongued, vocative |
| Antonyms: | inarticulate, quiet, tongue-tied, uncommunicative, stuttering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gracious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, giving |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, affable, amiable, amicable, approachable, beneficent, benevolent, benign, big-hearted, bland, charitable, chivalrous, civil, compassionate, complaisant, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, courtly, easy, forthcoming, friendly, gallant, genial, good-natured, hospitable, indulgent, lenient, loving, merciful, mild, obliging, pleasing, polite, sociable, stately, suave, tender, unctuous, urbane, well-mannered, benignant, bonhomous, good-hearted |
| Antonyms: | discourteous, hateful, mean, nasty, rude, sarcastic, severe, ungracious, unkind, vulgar, ungiving |
| Main Entry: | informal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | casual, simple |
| Synonyms: | breezy, colloquial, congenial, cool*, democratic, easy, easygoing, everyday, extempore, familiar, folksy, frank, free, homey, inconspicuous, intimate, loose, mellow, mixed, motley, natural, open, ordinary, spontaneous, sporty, straightforward, unceremonious, unconventional, unofficial, unrestrained, urbane, down home, free-and-easy, improv, laid back, low-pressure, off-the-cuff, relaxed, throwaway, unconstrained, unfussy, without ceremony |
| Antonyms: | ceremonious, formal, official, rigid, stiff, buttoned-up, dressed-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | metropolitan |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning a city |
| Synonyms: | city, cosmopolitan, modern, municipal, urban, urbane |
| Antonyms: | country |
| Main Entry: | pleasant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acceptable; friendly |
| Synonyms: | affable, agreeable, amiable, amusing, bland, charming, cheerful, civil, civilized, congenial, convivial, cool*, cordial, delectable, delightful, diplomatic, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, fine, fun, genial, good-humored, gracious, gratifying, homey, jolly, jovial, kindly, likable, lovely, mild, nice, obliging, pleasing, pleasurable, polite, refreshing, satisfying, social, soft, sweet, sympathetic, urbane, welcome, copacetic, fine and dandy, mild-mannered |
| Antonyms: | bothersome, disagreeable, hateful, nasty, unacceptable, unfriendly, unhappy, unpleasant, worrisome, troubling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | polite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mannerly, civilized |
| Synonyms: | affable, amenable, amiable, attentive, bland, civil, complaisant, concerned, conciliatory, condescending, considerate, cordial, courteous, courtly, cultured, deferential, diplomatic, elegant, friendly, genteel, gentle, good-natured, gracious, mild, neighborly, nice, obliging, obsequious, pleasant, polished, politic, punctilious, refined, respectful, smooth, sociable, solicitous, sympathetic, thoughtful, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered |
| Antonyms: | impolite, rude, uncivil, uncivilized, unmannerly, unrefined, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | politic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise, tactful |
| Synonyms: | adroit, advisable, canny*, cool, delicate, diplomatic, discreet, expedient, in one's best interests, judicious, on the lookout, perspicacious, prudent, sagacious, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smooth, tactical, tuned in, urbane |
| Antonyms: | impolitic, indiscreet, injudicious, tactless, unwise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stylish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fashionable |
| Synonyms: | a la mode*, beautiful, chic, chichi*, classy, dapper, dashing, dressy, fly*, groovy*, high-class*, in vogue, jazzy*, latest, mod*, modernistic, new, nifty, now*, ostentatious, polished, pretentious, rakish, ritzy, sassy*, sharp, showy, sleek, slick*, smart, snappy*, snazzy*, swell, trendy, up-to-date, urbane, dap, dressed to kill, dressed to the teeth, in, in fashion, in the mainstream, swank, tony, upscale, uptown, voguish |
| Antonyms: | old-fashioned, unfashionable, unstylish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | suave |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charming, smooth |
| Synonyms: | affable, agreeable, bland, civilized, cordial, courteous, courtly, cultured, diplomatic, fulsome, genial, glib, gracious, ingratiating, obliging, oily*, pleasant, pleasing, polished, polite, politic, refined, sociable, soft*, soft-spoken, sophisticated, unctuous, urbane, well-bred, worldly, cultivated, distingué, smooth-tongued |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, unpolished, unsophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tactful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thoughtful, careful |
| Synonyms: | adroit, aware, cautious, civil, considerate, courteous, deft, delicate, diplomatic, discreet, gentle, judicious, observant, perceptive, polished, polite, politic, prudent, sensitive, skilled, skillful, suave, subtle, sympathetic, tactical, understanding, urbane, wise, poised |
| Antonyms: | careless, indiscreet, tactless, unthoughtful |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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