polite

  • (a) showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
  • (s) marked by refinement in taste and manners
    • cultivated speech
    • cultured Bostonians
    • cultured tastes
    • a genteel old lady
    • polite society
    cultured, genteel, civilised, civilized, cultivated,
  • (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
    civil,

Synonyms

cultured genteel civilised civilized cultivated civil

Antonyms

impolite uncivil rude

Words of close approximity

polity
polio
police policy polish polity
politely politeness politesse