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good breeding
noun as in correctness
Weak match
noun as in courtesy
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in gentility
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in good form
noun as in mannerliness
Weak matches
- address
- affability
- amenities
- amiability
- attentiveness
- ceremony
- chivalry
- civility
- comity
- complaisance
- consideration
- cordiality
- courteousness
- courtliness
- cultivation
- culture
- deference
- elegance
- familiarity
- favor
- friendliness
- gallantness
- gallantry
- generosity
- geniality
- genteelness
- gentility
- gentleness
- good behavior
- graciousness
- indulgence
- kindness
- polish
- politeness
- politesse
- refinement
- respect
- reverence
- solicitude
- suavity
- sympathy
- tact
- thoughtfulness
- urbanity
noun as in manners
noun as in politesse
Strong matches
- address
- affability
- amenities
- amiability
- attentiveness
- ceremony
- chivalry
- civility
- comity
- complaisance
- consideration
- cordiality
- courtliness
- cultivation
- culture
- deference
- elegance
- familiarity
- favor
- friendliness
- gallantry
- generosity
- geniality
- genteelness
- gentility
- gentleness
- graciousness
- indulgence
- kindness
- polish
- politeness
- refinement
- respect
- reverence
- solicitude
- suavity
- sympathy
- tact
- thoughtfulness
- urbanity
noun as in refinement
Example Sentences
The upper-class vowels were unforced, and the confident manner suggested good breeding and an expensive education.
Jessica Shattuck is the author of The Hazards of Good Breeding , a New York Times Notable Book and a Winship/PEN Award finalist.
With Yung Pak's father was a strange gentleman, a young man with a pleasant face and an air of good breeding.
The attention to the small details of table etiquette is one of the surest marks of good breeding.
This is a breach of good-breeding often committed, and nothing can be more ill-bred.
The severest test of good breeding in a lady, is in the position of hostess, receiving dinner guests.
To reprove or speak sharply to a servant before your guests, manifests a shocking want of good breeding.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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