Gentility Synonyms and Antonyms

jĕn-tĭlĭ-tē
Well-mannered behavior toward others
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. courtesy
  2. civility
  3. courteousness
  4. genteelness
  5. mannerliness
  6. politeness
  7. politesse

Words Related to Gentility

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Gentility Sentence Examples

  • There's an aura of only very slightly faded gentility about the place that I rather liked.

  • Oliver, raised in the Midlands, has a slight Birmingham accent, tho his natural gentility is indicated by his manners.

  • America's Philo Vance had the strange gentility of Wimsey while Nero Wolf sounded more predatory.

  • In the parlor the table is set for afternoon tea and there is a rosewood piano a sure sign of Victorian gentility!

  • He traveled from the Victorian suburban gentility of Kingston-upon-Thames to the wild California of the 1870s.

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