GENTEEL Synonyms

• showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.

• not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others

• marked by refinement in taste and manners

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners

• exhibiting courtesy and politeness

• refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

• having a sophisticated charm

• having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air

• having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance

• having or showing self-esteem

• (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation

• used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person

• refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style

• suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

• displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution

• characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

• suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

• socially correct in behavior

• perfected or made shiny and smooth

• showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

• (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed

• (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth

• (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel

• freed from impurities by processing

• showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

• precise to a fine degree

• suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

• having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire

• ahead in development; complex or intricate

• intellectually appealing

• having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress

• being or in accordance with current social fashions

• having a sophisticated charm

• smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication

• (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct

• of good upbringing

• of good upbringing

• socially correct in behavior

• having a high state of culture and development both social and technological

• marked by refinement in taste and manners