Civilize Synonyms

sĭvə-līz
To fit for companionship with others, especially in attitude or manners
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. teach
  2. humanize
  3. cultivate
  4. educate
  5. acculturate
  6. develop
  7. enlighten
  8. refine
  9. polish
  10. improve
  11. socialize
  12. tame
  13. uplift
  14. civilise
  15. train
  16. enrich
  17. reclaim
  18. render civil
  19. sophisticate
  20. spiritualize
  21. acquaint
  22. edify
  23. foster
  24. instruct
  25. ethicize
  26. reclaim from barbarism
  27. promote
  28. help forward
  29. better materially
  30. make gentle
  31. acquaint with culture
  32. indoctrinate
  33. idealize
  34. elevate
  35. school
  36. advance
  37. ennoble

Civilize Sentence Examples

  • Have you done much to civilize him?

  • Attempts to civilize the Andamanese have met with little success either among adults or children.

  • His object was to build up a stable government in the country with the consent and co-operation of the people, whom he wished to civilize after the Roman model.

  • To civilize Mabel emotionally abused without the summer season.

  • He resolved that in dealing with the natives on the eastern frontier an attempt should be made to civilize them and thus do away with the necessity of periodical warfare.

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