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Synonyms & Antonyms of civilized
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having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living
- a civilized older couple who are celebrated for holding dinner parties that are attended by the city's best and brightest
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Words Related to civilized
- bourgeois,
- middlebrow
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Antonyms for civilized
civilized
verb
past tense of civilize
Synonyms of civilized (Entry 2 of 2)
as in cultivated
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“Civilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civilized. Accessed 18 Sep. 2021.
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