Definition for Polite:

• Having refinement of manners; well- bred; courteous.

Synonyms for Polite:

• adj.

  •agreeable (adjective)
  • complaisant.
  •courteous (adjective)
  • graceful,
  • mannerly,
  • agreeable,
  • dignified,
  • noble,
  • well-bred,
  • hospitable.
  •friendly (adjective)
  • affable.
  •genteel (adjective)
  • old-maidish.
  •good-humored (adjective)
  • easy.
  •mannerly, civilized (adjective)
  • bland,
  • good-natured,
  • sympathetic,
  • punctilious,
  • concerned,
  • obsequious,
  • sociable,
  • condescending,
  • neighborly,
  • politic,
  • amenable,
  • mild,
  • urbane,
  • amiable,
  • conciliatory,
  • elegant,
  • friendly.
  •proper (adjective)
  • apropos,
  • fitting,
  • seemly,
  • appropriate,
  • tasteful,
  • Comme Il Faut,
  • suitable,
  • right,
  • correct.
  •respectful (adjective)
  • reverent.
  •reverential (adjective)
  • reverential.
  •well-behaved (adjective)
  • good.

• n.

  •
  • solicitous,
  • careful.
  •
  • courtesy.
  •polite (noun)
  • civilised,
  • civilized,
  • cultivated.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • complimentary,
  • ceremonious.
  •
  • formal,
  • scornful,
  • social,
  • abrupt.
  •
  • conventional.
  •civil
  • fair-spoken.
  •polite
  • nicely,
  • politely,
  • well-brought-up,
  • civilly.
  •urbane
  • debonair.

Paraphrases for Polite:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    courteous.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    rude, friendly, delicate, nice, sensitive, cultured, educated, pleasant, decent, gentle, amiable, sweet, thoughtful, neighborly.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    polished, gracious, respectful.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Poli.

Antonyms for Polite:

• adj.

  • all
    impolite.
  • mannerly, civilized
    cool, impolite, uncivilized, callous, surly, inattentive, rude, unfriendly, hateful, unmannerly, heedless, inconsiderate, unfeeling, mean, nasty, uncaring, uncivil, unpleasant, unsociable, unkind, disrespectful, antagonistic, unmindful, disagreeable, cold, aloof, thoughtless, discourteous, unsophisticated, unrefined, rough.
  • Other antonyms:
    brusk, forbidden, unpolished, ungraceful, indelicate, lippy, outlawed, proscribed, blunt, intolerable, ill-behaved, unsatisfactory, raw, bluff, incorrect, banned, pretentious, presumptuous, grungy, indecorous, unacceptable, untutored, shameless, rustic, arrogant, tacky, Interdicted, awkward, unrespectable, inappropriate, gauche, unseemly, barred, unbecoming, untaught, insulting, vulgar, improper, informal, conceited, prohibited, seedy, shabby, casual, Clodhopping, heedless.