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Decorous synonyms
dĕk'ər-əs, dĭ-kôr'əs
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Conforming to fact or logic; true, accurate, right, or free from errors
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  1. Conforming to fact or logic; true, accurate, right, or free from errors
  2. Conforming or adhering to an established standard; proper
  3. Conforming to standards; proper:
becoming
Suitable to the wearer
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  1. Suitable to the wearer
  2. That is suitable or appropriate; fit
  3. Appropriate, suitable, or proper.
proper
Characteristically belonging to the being or thing in question; peculiar:
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  1. Characteristically belonging to the being or thing in question; peculiar:
  2. Strictly following rules or conventions, especially in social behavior; seemly:
  3. Out-and-out; thorough:
seemly
Pleasing in appearance; fair; handsome
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  1. Pleasing in appearance; fair; handsome
  2. Suitable, proper, fitting, or becoming, esp. as regards conventional standards of conduct or good taste; decorous
  3. (Of behavi) Appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.
becoming
Decent, respectable
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  1. Decent, respectable
  2. That is suitable or appropriate; fit
  3. Appropriate, suitable, or proper.
befitting
Appropriate, becoming
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  1. Appropriate, becoming
  2. Appropriate; suitable; proper.
  3. Proper or right; suitable
comely
Pleasant to look at; attractive; fair
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  1. Pleasant to look at; attractive; fair
  2. (Of a person) Pleasing or attractive to the eye.
  3. Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.
comme il faut
Proper; in keeping with etiquette or social standards.
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  1. Proper; in keeping with etiquette or social standards.
  2. Being in accord with conventions or accepted standards; proper.
  3. As it should be; proper; fitting
correct
Conforming or adhering to an established standard; proper
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  1. Conforming or adhering to an established standard; proper
  2. Conforming to standards; proper:
  3. Conforming to fact or logic; true, accurate, right, or free from errors
decent
(--- Informal) Properly or modestly dressed:
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  1. (--- Informal) Properly or modestly dressed:
  2. Reasonably good; adequate
  3. Showing thoughtfulness or consideration:
de rigueur
Required by the current fashion or custom; socially obligatory.
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  1. Required by the current fashion or custom; socially obligatory.
  2. Required by etiquette; according to good form; proper
nice
Pleasing and agreeable in nature:
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  1. Pleasing and agreeable in nature:
  2. Having a pleasant or attractive appearance:
  3. Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle:
proper
Characterized by appropriateness or suitability; fitting:
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  1. Characterized by appropriateness or suitability; fitting:
  2. Belonging to one; own:
  3. Fitting; seemly; right
respectable
Decent; satisfactory
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  1. Decent; satisfactory
  2. Good enough to be seen, used, etc.; presentable
  3. Conforming to socially acceptable behavior, attitudes, taste, etc.; proper; correct
right
Intended to be worn or positioned facing outward or toward an observer:
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  1. Intended to be worn or positioned facing outward or toward an observer:
  2. Fitting, proper, or appropriate:
  3. Having a right angle:
seemly
Pleasing in appearance; fair; handsome
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  1. Pleasing in appearance; fair; handsome
  2. (Of behavi) Appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.
  3. Suitable, proper, fitting, or becoming, esp. as regards conventional standards of conduct or good taste; decorous
Find another word for decorous. In this page you can discover 19 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for decorous, like: correct, becoming, proper, seemly, conventional, polite, becoming, befitting, comely, comme il faut and correct.

Sentence Examples

  • The set of friends with whom he chiefly associated at Oxford were sometimes named, on account of their exceptionally decorous conduct, the "Bethel Union"; but he was by no means averse to amusements, and specially delighted in hurdle jumping and hunting.

  • Then comes gentleness - the virtue regulative of anger; and the list is concluded by the excellences of social intercourse, friendliness (as a mean between obsequiousness and surliness), truthfulness and decorous wit.

  • Mime Necker, despite her talents, her beauty and her fondness for philosophe society, was strictly decorous, somewhat reserved, and disposed to carry out in her daughter's case the rigorous discipline of her own childhood.

  • Without Stevenson, Sterne would probably have been a more decorous parish priest, but he would probably never have written Tristram Shandy or left any other memorial of his singular genius.

  • decorous manner.

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