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synonyms for polite
- affable
- amiable
- attentive
- civil
- conciliatory
- considerate
- cordial
- courteous
- courtly
- deferential
- diplomatic
- friendly
- genteel
- gentle
- good-natured
- gracious
- neighborly
- pleasant
- respectful
- sociable
- sympathetic
- thoughtful
- well-behaved
- well-mannered
- amenable
- bland
- complaisant
- concerned
- condescending
- cultured
- elegant
- mild
- nice
- obliging
- obsequious
- polished
- politic
- punctilious
- refined
- smooth
- solicitous
- urbane
- well-bred
See also synonyms for: politely / politeness
On this page you'll find 147 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to polite, such as: affable, amiable, attentive, civil, conciliatory, and considerate.
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Bryant is a “Thank you” and “You’re very welcome” type of guy — polite, suburban, cultured, well-heeled.
KOBE BRYANT PUNCHED A TEAMMATE OVER $100, AND IT WASN’T SHAQJEFF PEARLMANSEPTEMBER 25, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTOn Friday, Scarane and her supporters were at the doors, having conversations that ranged from polite to promising.
THE TRAILER: THE FIRST STATE GOES LASTDAVID WEIGELSEPTEMBER 15, 2020WASHINGTON POSTApple’s response to developers is often curt and boilerplate, but even with that, you must be polite on many occasions, like a servant asking the master what he wants next.
APPLE’S APP STORE DRAWS SCRUTINY IN YET ANOTHER COUNTRYVERNE KOPYTOFFSEPTEMBER 3, 2020FORTUNEAs a Swede, I have very limited interest in etiquette, but shutting up seemed like the polite thing to do even to me.
‘THE DREAM ARCHITECTS’: INSIDE THE MAKING OF GAMING’S BIGGEST FRANCHISESRACHEL KINGSEPTEMBER 1, 2020FORTUNEDespite the patrician veneers and volley of five dollar words, this wasn’t polite conversation.
VIDAL VS. BUCKLEY PLAY REINVENTED AS FILMPATRICK FOLLIARDAUGUST 8, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEShe would have liked to answer that it was Mademoiselle who had got in her way; but Mother wished her to be always polite.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSONThe two men plunged into discussion, and Isabel, her eyes expressing a polite interest, studied the face of her cousin.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONHe thought nothing of it now, when she nodded in her polite little way, and opened the door for herself.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSONPresently he rose and left the table with a polite bow that included both the others.
THREE MORE JOHN SILENCE STORIESALGERNON BLACKWOODI am not afraid of being crushed, for no doubt you would always remember to be polite, if not considerate.
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