Polite Synonyms and Antonyms
pə-līt'
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Synonyms for Polite
Polite and gracious; considerate toward others; well-mannered
The definition of civil refers to something related to citizens or showing good manners and being polite.
Fair and comfortable:
Having or showing good manners; well-behaved; polite; courteous
Paying attention; observant
Suited to one of good breeding; refined and polite:
(--- Obsolete) Natural to its kind.
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The definition of kind is warm, generous or sympathetic.
conciliative
Refined or polite, often in an affected way:
Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a gentleman or gentlemen.
Having or showing good manners; polite; courteous
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The definition of well spoken is someone who communicates easily, correctly and eloquently.
Having the qualities of gallantry and honor attributed to an ideal knight.
Possessing or exhibiting tact; considerate and discreet:
Willing or ready to consent
Willing to do what pleases others.
Well-mannered and refined because of a good upbringing and education
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Characterized by conventional usages or formality; very polite
Stiffly ceremonious:
The definition of proper is appropriate or obeying manners and standards.
Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
Calculated to please or win favor:
Produced under artificial and controlled conditions:
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Consciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people); caring
Polite and attentive to women in a courtly way
Showing or characterized by thought; serious
Marked by refinement in taste and manners; cultured.
Ready to do favors for others; accommodating.
The definition of affable is a person who is friendly or easy to talk to.
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Having little or no detrimental effect; harmless:
Of or offered in propitiation; conciliatory.
Elegant; refined:
Full of or characterized by respect; showing deference or dutiful regard
Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions
honey-tongued
The definition of amiable is a person, place, or thing that is likeable or a person who is kind and good-natured.
Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy:
Polite and respectful; formally pleasant:
The definition of solicitous is someone who shows concern, care or eagerness.
Having an easygoing, cheerful disposition.
Agreeably suited to one's disposition or mood; congenial:
Having or showing interest.
Ingratiatingly polite and agreeable:
The definition of diplomatic is someone who can be sensitive in dealing with others and who can achieve peaceful resolutions or facilitate discussion.
Responsible to higher authority; accountable:
Like, characteristic of, or appropriate to neighbors; kind, friendly, sociable, etc.
Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
Elegant; refined
Characterized by or showing decorum, propriety, good taste, etc.
deferentialdebonair
Courteous
The definition of suave is someone smooth, confident and charming, usually describing a man.
Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle:
Courteous
Conforming to fact or logic; true, accurate, right, or free from errors
Antonyms for Polite
The definition of impolite is a rude person, or someone without manners.
Not mannerly.
Used to describe people who display a marked lack of manners as defined by a given culture.
Not civilized; barbarous
Crude, raw or unprocessed
Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.
Words Related to Polite
Thorough and painstaking in action or execution; conscientious:
Precise to a fine degree.
treat well
Full of polite concern for the well-being of others
Synonym Study
- Gallant suggests a dashing display of courtesy, esp. to women her gallant lover
- Chivalrous implies disinterested courtesy toward women or devotion to the cause of the weak
- Civil implies merely a refraining from rudeness keep a civil tongue in your head
- Courteous suggests a still more positive and sincere graciousness toward others that springs from an inherent thoughtfulness always courteous to strangers
- Polite suggests a positive observance of etiquette in social behavior it is not polite to interrupt
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