Synonyms for couth
- mature
- practical
- refined
- worldly
- bored
- citified
- cool
- cultivated
- disenchanted
- disillusioned
- experienced
- jaded
- knowing
- practiced
- schooled
- seasoned
- smooth
- studied
- adult
- artificial
- been around
- blasé
- cynical
- in
- in the know
- into
- jet-set
- laid-back
- mondaine
- on to
- sharp
- skeptical
- stagy
- streetwise
- suave
- svelte
- switched on
- uptown
- urbane
- well-bred
- wise to
- wised up
- with it
- world-weary
- worldly wise
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Antonyms for couth
- inexperienced
- unrefined
- unsophisticated
- enchanted
- encouraged
- enthusiastic
- excited
- uncool
- easy
- naive
- simple
- slow
- uncultivated
- uncultured
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English cuðe "known," past participle of cunnan (see can (v.1)), from Proto-Germanic *kunthaz (cf. Old Frisian kuth "known," Old Saxon cuth, Old High German kund, German kund, Gothic kunþs "known").
Died out as such 16c. with the emergence of could, but the old word was reborn 1896, with a new sense of "cultured, refined," as a back-formation from uncouth (q.v.). The Old English word forms the first element in the man's proper name Cuthbert, literally "famous-bright."
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR COUTH
polished
adjectiveelegantsophisticated
adjectivecosmopolitan, cultured- adult
- artificial
- been around
- blasé
- bored
- citified
- cool
- couth
- cultivated
- cynical
- disenchanted
- disillusioned
- experienced
- in
- in the know
- into
- jaded
- jet-set
- knowing
- laid-back
- mature
- mondaine
- on to
- practical
- practiced
- refined
- schooled
- seasoned
- sharp
- skeptical
- smooth
- stagy
- streetwise
- studied
- suave
- svelte
- switched on
- uptown
- urbane
- well-bred
- wise to
- wised up
- with it
- world-weary
- worldly
- worldly wise
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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