Synonyms of civilized

civilized 1 of 2

adjective

ˈsi-və-ˌlīzd 

as in cultured

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cultured
• polished
• accomplished
• polite
• cultivated
• civil
• educated
• refined
• genteel
• literate
• scholarly
• sophisticated
• couth
• cosmopolitan
• intellectual
• cerebral
• highbrow
• courteous
• urbane
• intellectualistic
• well-bred
• erudite
• knowledgeable
• mannerly
• learned
• high-toned
• intellectualist
• highbrowed
• well-read
• hypercivilized
• overcivilized
• oversophisticated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncivilized
• barbaric
• barbarous
• ignorant
• uncultured
• uneducated
• unrefined
• unpolished
• illiterate
• unlettered
• coarse
• unintelligent
• provincial
• rustic
• lowbrow
• philistine
• ungenteel
• unsophisticated
• backwoods
• crude
• uncouth
• vulgar
• boorish
• inelegant
• ill-mannered
• ill-bred
• churlish
• clownish
• polyester
• cloddish

civilized

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verb

past tense of civilize

as in cultivated

Related Words

• cultivated
• urbanized
• citified

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of civilized

Adjective

Call of the Wild is a field study pitting the civilized against the atavistic. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

Teddy Roosevelt exhorted a nation of effeminate, civilized men to sally forth into the wild and reclaim their natural vitality. — Elizabeth Dray, STAT, 21 July 2026

In Season 3, the team enters Dinopia, a civilized dinosaur world, to face threats endangering both worlds through friendship, courage, and teamwork. — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 24 June 2026

The chaos in Ithaca may be political and ethical—a violation of custom—but stretches of the poem are barbarous and wild, beyond civilized life altogether. — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026