Synonyms of the word polite


POLITECIVIL - CIVILISED - CIVILIZED - COURTEOUS - CULTIVATED - CULTURED - GENTEEL - GRACIOUS - MANNERLY - NICE - REFINED - WELL-MANNERED

polite

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

civil

  • adj. (not comparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
  • adj. (comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.

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.

courteous

  • adj. Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette.

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.

genteel

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

gracious

  • adj. kind and warmly courteous.
  • adj. tactful.
  • adj. compassionate.
  • adj. indulgent, charming and graceful.
  • adj. elegant and with good taste.
  • adj. benignant.
  • adj. full of grace.
  • interj. expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

mannerly

  • adj. polite, having good manners.

nice

  • adj. (obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.
  • adj. (now rare) Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.
  • adj. (obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
  • adj. Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
  • adj. (obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
  • adj. Respectable; virtuous.
  • adj. Pleasant, satisfactory.
  • adj. Of a person: friendly, attractive.
  • adj. With "and", shows that the given adjective is desirable: pleasantly.
  • adv. (colloquial) Nicely.
  • interj. Used to signify a job well done.
  • interj. Used to signify approval.
  • v. (transitive, computing, Unix) To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.

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.

well-mannered

  • adj. Having good manners; polite, courteous, and socially correct; conforming to standards of good behaviour.

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