Synonyms of genteel

genteel

adjective

1

as in polite

following the established traditions of refined society and good taste

those bygone days when young women were taught how to drink tea while wearing long gloves and other genteel ways of behaving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• polite
• proper
• respectable
• decorous
• satisfactory
• acceptable
• nice
• elegant
• formal
• correct
• decent
• dress
• befitting
• adequate
• seemly
• dignified
• gracious
• tolerable
• prim
• congenial
• relevant
• de rigueur
• dressy
• apt
• stuffy
• priggish
• permitted
• allowed
• harmonious
• authorized
• kosher
• material
• compatible
• stiff

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improper
• unseemly
• inappropriate
• unbecoming
• indecent
• informal
• indelicate
• casual
• unsatisfactory
• intolerable
• unacceptable
• indecorous
• shabby
• incorrect
• seedy
• tacky
• ungenteel
• barred
• grungy
• forbidden
• prohibited
• gauche
• awkward
• disallowed
• proscribed
• ungraceful
• outlawed
• banned
• interdicted

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• improper
• unseemly
• inappropriate
• unbecoming
• indecent
• informal
• indelicate
• casual
• unsatisfactory
• intolerable
• unacceptable
• indecorous
• shabby
• incorrect
• seedy
• tacky
• ungenteel
• barred
• grungy
• forbidden
• prohibited
• gauche
• awkward
• disallowed
• proscribed
• ungraceful
• outlawed
• banned
• interdicted

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2

as in civilized

having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living

she grew up in genteel old Savannah

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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3

as in aristocratic

of high birth, rank, or station

the genteel ladies never mixed with the servants

prohibited by reason of her genteel birth from marrying the man she loved

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aristocratic
• noble
• patrician
• upper-crust
• gentle
• highbred
• upper-class
• wellborn
• highborn
• blue-blooded
• grand
• great
• silk-stocking
• royal
• gentlemanly
• ladylike
• regal
• superior
• exalted
• queenly
• ennobled
• lofty
• knightly
• princely
• lordly
• high
• kingly
• senior
• elevated
• high-level

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humble
• common
• plebeian
• ignoble
• lowly
• low
• inferior
• ordinary
• mean
• lower-class
• knavish
• plain
• ungenteel
• nonaristocratic
• bastard
• baseborn
• illegitimate
• degraded
• junior
• subordinate
• abased

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• humble
• common
• plebeian
• ignoble
• lowly
• low
• inferior
• ordinary
• mean
• lower-class
• knavish
• plain
• ungenteel
• nonaristocratic
• bastard
• baseborn
• illegitimate
• degraded
• junior
• subordinate
• abased

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4

as in gracious

showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners

his genteel gesture of holding the door for the ladies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• polite
• gracious
• civil
• thoughtful
• mannerly
• nice
• pleasant
• respectful
• civilized
• careful
• respectable
• courteous
• well-bred
• graceful
• friendly
• gallant
• elegant
• gentlemanly
• courtly
• urbane
• ladylike
• humble
• chivalrous
• good
• ceremonious
• solicitous
• appropriate
• ceremonial
• decorous
• meek
• suave
• acceptable
• attentive
• gentlemanlike
• formal
• smooth
• deferential
• decent
• hospitable
• suitable
• considerate
• unctuous
• proper
• couth
• genial
• dutiful
• befitting
• refined
• affable
• demure
• cordial
• modest
• sociable
• fitting
• correct
• submissive
• felicitous
• seemly
• becoming
• yielding
• red-carpet
• unassertive
• meet
• right
• fit
• comme il faut

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• thoughtless
• uncivil
• unmannerly
• impolite
• unmannered
• ungracious
• rude
• discourteous
• thoughtless
• insolent
• inconsiderate
• heedless
• uncouth
• impudent
• ungenteel
• brash
• vulgar
• impertinent
• saucy
• boorish
• informal
• inconsiderate
• disrespectful
• brassy
• casual
• bold
• shameless
• audacious
• mannerless
• ill-bred
• loutish
• clownish
• ill-mannered
• churlish
• improper
• unseemly
• inappropriate
• indecorous
• indecent
• unceremonious
• arrogant
• pretentious
• lippy
• unrespectable
• incorrect
• presumptuous
• conceited
• clodhopping
• bold-faced
• presuming
• uncalled-for

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• thoughtless
• uncivil
• unmannerly
• impolite
• unmannered
• ungracious
• rude
• discourteous
• thoughtless
• insolent
• inconsiderate
• heedless
• uncouth
• impudent
• ungenteel
• brash
• vulgar
• impertinent
• saucy
• boorish
• informal
• inconsiderate
• disrespectful
• brassy
• casual
• bold
• shameless
• audacious
• mannerless
• ill-bred
• loutish
• clownish
• ill-mannered
• churlish
• improper
• unseemly
• inappropriate
• indecorous
• indecent
• unceremonious
• arrogant
• pretentious
• lippy
• unrespectable
• incorrect
• presumptuous
• conceited
• clodhopping
• bold-faced
• presuming
• uncalled-for

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