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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | civic, community |
| Synonyms: | civilian, domestic, governmental, home, interior, local, municipal, national, political, public |
| Main Entry: | affable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
| Synonyms: | amiable, amicable, approachable, benevolent, benign, breezy, civil, clubby, congenial, cordial, courteous, genial, gentle, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, kindly, mild, nice, obliging, pleasant, polite, sociable, urbane, warm |
| Antonyms: | complaining, disdainful, grouchy, grumbling, impolite, miserable, reserved, surly, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | amicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, especially regarding an agreement |
| Synonyms: | accordant, agreeing, amiable, civil, clubby, concordant, cordial, courteous, cozy, empathic, good-humored, harmonious, kind, kindly, like-minded, mellow, neighborly, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, polite, regular, right nice, sociable, square shooting, sympathetic, understanding |
| Notes: | amicable implies being well disposed; amiable is acting well disposed and amiable is commonly applied only to people - though sometimes it is used for occasions, while amicable is not applied to people at all but to human interactions and their outcomes; amiable first meant 'kind' or 'lovely, lovable' and amicable first applied to things and meant 'pleasant, benign' |
| Antonyms: | hostile, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | attentive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | considerate |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, civil, courteous, devoted, gallant, gracious, kind, obliging, polite, respectful, solicitous, thoughtful |
| Antonyms: | heedless, ignorant, inconsiderate, neglectful, unattentive |
| Main Entry: | calm |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | composed, cool (animate) |
| Synonyms: | aloof, amiable, amicable, civil, collected, cool as cucumber, cool-headed, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equable, gentle, impassive, imperturbable, inscrutable, kind, laid-back*, levelheaded, listless, moderate, neutral, patient, placid, pleased, poised, relaxed, restful, satisfied, sedate, self-possessed, serene, still, temperate, unconcerned, undisturbed, unemotional, unexcitable, unexcited, unflappable, unimpressed, unmoved, unruffled, untroubled |
| Antonyms: | agitated, angry, excitable, excited, furious, mad, passionate, roused, ruffled, wild, worried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ceremonious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ritual, formal |
| Synonyms: | civil, courteous, courtly, decorous, deferential, dignified, exact, grandiose, impressive, majestic, moving, precise, proper, punctilious, seemly, solemn, starchy, stately, stiff, striking |
| Notes: | ceremonial is more often applied to things (clothing, etc.) and ceremonious is used for persons and things (occasion, venue) |
| Antonyms: | informal, relaxed, unceremonious, unobserved |
| Main Entry: | city |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | metropolitan |
| Synonyms: | burghal, citified, civic, civil, interurban, intraurban, megalopolitan, municipal, urban |
| Notes: | city first was used for any settlement regardless of size; the modern distinction between town and city developed during the 14th century |
| Antonyms: | rural |
| Main Entry: | civic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | community |
| Synonyms: | borough, civil, communal, local, metropolitan, municipal, national, public, urban |
| Main Entry: | civilized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | polished |
| Synonyms: | advanced, civil, cultured, educated, enlightened, humane, refined, sophisticated, urbane |
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