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gentility

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of gentility

1 speech or behavior that is a sign of good breeding
  • He was full of the same gentility and grace that marked the rest of the family.
Synonyms of gentility

civility, courteousness, courtesy, genteelness, graciousness, mannerliness, politeness
Words Related to gentility

attentiveness, consideration, thoughtfulness

chivalrousness, chivalry, courtliness, gallantry, gentlemanliness, knightliness

breeding, manners

suaveness, unctuousness, urbanity

elegance, refinement

deference, respect

decency, decorousness, decorum, polish, propriety, respectability, seemliness

affability, cordiality, friendliness, geniality, hospitality, sociability

felicitousness, gracefulness

humility, meekness, modesty, shyness
Near Antonyms of gentility

audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brassiness, disrespect, impertinence, impudence, insolence, sauciness, shamelessness

boorishness, churlishness, clownishness, loutishness, vulgarity

inconsiderateness, inconsideration, thoughtlessness

arrogance, conceit, presumption, pretentiousness
Antonyms of gentility

discourteousness, discourtesy, impoliteness, incivility, rudeness, surliness, ungraciousness
2 the highest class in a society
  • As members of the gentility, they felt an obligation to help the less fortunate.
Synonyms of gentility

aristocracy, elite, gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), gentry, nobility, upper class, upper crust
Words Related to gentility

A-list, beautiful people, café society, Four Hundred (or 400), glitterati, jet set, society

carriage trade, plutocracy
Near Antonyms of gentility

commoners, (the) crowd, (the) masses, peasantry, peonage, (the) people, plebeians, plebs, (the) populace, (the) public, rank and file

bourgeoisie, middle class, working class

dregs, (the) herd, (the) mob, rabble, rabblement, riffraff, scum, trash
Antonyms of gentility

proletarians, proletariat

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