BARBARIANS Antonyms

• characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners

• exhibiting courtesy and politeness

• marked by refinement in taste and manners

• possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)

• characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved

• soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

• having or showing a kindly or tender nature

• quiet and soothing

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• easily handled or managed

• having little impact

• marked by moderate steepness

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

• stroke soothingly

• pertaining to or concerned with the humanities

• marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering

• showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement

• having unnatural mannerisms

• 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

• (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