civil

  • (s) applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
    • civil authorities
  • (a) not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others
    • even if he didn't like them he should have been civil - W.S. Maugham
    polite,
  • (a) of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
    • civil affairs
    • civil strife
    • civil disobedience
    • civil branches of government
  • (a) of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals
    • civil rights
    • civil liberty
    • civic duties
    • civic pride
    civic,
  • (a) (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life
    • the civil calendar
    • a civil day begins at mean midnight
  • (s) of or in a condition of social order
    • civil peoples

Synonyms

polite civic

Antonyms

uncivil rude sidereal

Words of close approximity

civic
cive
civet civic
civil action civil authority civil censorship civil contempt civil day civil death civil defense civil disobedience civil engineer civil engineering civilian civilian clothing civilian dress civilian garb civilisation civilise civilised civility civilization civilize civilized civil law civil leader civil libertarian civil-libertarian civil liberty Civil List civilly civil marriage civil officer civil order civil right civil rights activist civil rights leader Civil Rights movement civil rights worker civil servant civil service civil suit civil time civil union civil war civil wrong civil year