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polite
Overview of adj polite
The adj polite has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) polite -- (showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.)
2. (1) civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite -- (marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society")
3. civil, polite -- (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)
Grep of noun polite
cosmopolite
politeness
politesse
Antonyms of adj polite
3 senses of polite
Sense 1
polite (vs. impolite)
impolite (vs. polite)
=> bratty, brattish
=> ill-mannered, bad-mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerly
=> discourteous, ungracious
=> unparliamentary
Sense 2
civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite
INDIRECT (VIA refined) -> unrefined
Sense 3
civil (vs. uncivil), polite
Similarity of adj polite
3 senses of polite
Sense 1
polite (vs. impolite)
=> mannerly, well-mannered
=> courteous, gracious, nice
Sense 2
civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite
=> refined (vs. unrefined)
Sense 3
civil (vs. uncivil), polite
Pertainyms of adj polite
Attributes of adj polite
2 of 3 senses of polite
Sense 1
polite (vs. impolite)
=> politeness, niceness
Sense 3
civil (vs. uncivil), polite
=> civility
Domain of adj polite
Domain Terms of adj polite
Familiarity of adj polite
polite used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj polite
impolite
polite
Grep of adv polite
politely
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