Polite

Quick meaning: Polite is an adjective meaning Well-mannered, civilized.

Meaning

Well-mannered, civilized.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To polish; to refine; to render polite.

Example Sentences

Try and be polite to Auntie Maria for once.

He marries, bows at court, and grows polite.

rays of light […]falling on […]a polite surface

those exercises plied, which polite men's spirits

Word Forms

• politer
• politest
• polites
• politing
• polited

Synonyms for polite

Depending on context, synonyms include civil, civilized, correct, courteous, cultivated, fair-mannered.

Antonyms for polite

Common opposites include impolite, rude, bad-mannered, ill-mannered, uncivil.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mannerly, well-mannered, courteous, genteel, cultured, cultivated.

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