Synonyms of the word

genteel

• adj. Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
• adj. Polite and well-mannered.
• adj. Stylish or elegant.
• adj. Aristocratic.

civilised

• v. simple past tense and past participle of civilise.
• adj. Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of civilized.

civilized

• adj. Having a highly developed society or culture.
• adj. Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, reasonable, ethical.
• adj. Marked by refinement in taste and manners.

cultivated

• v. simple past tense and past participle of cultivate.
• adj. (of a person) cultured, refined, educated.
• adj. (of a plant) grown by cultivation (not wild).
• adj. (of land) farmed.

cultured

• adj. Learned in the ways of civilized society; civilized; refined.
• adj. Artificially developed.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of culture.

polite

• adj. Well-mannered, civilized.
• adj. (obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To polish; to refine; to render polite.

refined

• v. simple past tense and past participle of refine.
• adj. Precise, freed from imprecision, particularly.
• adj. Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly.
• adj. Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities, particularly.
• adj. (of a market) Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.
• n. (finance) The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.