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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expressing adoration |
| Synonyms: | admiring, affectionate, amatory, amiable, amorous, anxious, appreciative, ardent, attached, attentive, benevolent, bound up, caring, concerned, considerate, cordial, dear, demonstrative, devoted, doting, earnest, enamored, erotic, expressive, faithful, fervent, fond, friendly, generous, idolatrous, impassioned, infatuated, kind, liking, loyal, passionate, respecting, reverent, reverential, romantic, sentimental, solicitous, tender, thoughtful, valuing, warm, warm-hearted, worshipful, zealous |
| Antonyms: | disliking, hating, mean |
| Main Entry: | mannerly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | polite, well-behaved |
| Synonyms: | charming, civil, civilized, considerate, courteous, decorous, genteel, gracious, polished, refined, respectful, well-bred, well-mannered |
| Antonyms: | crass, crude, gross, impolite, misbehaved, rude |
| Main Entry: | moderate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, temperate |
| Synonyms: | abstinent, balanced, bearable, careful, cautious, compromising, conservative, considerate, considered, controlled, cool, deliberate, disciplined, dispassionate, equable, even, gentle, impartial, inconsiderable, inexpensive, judicious, limited, low-key, measured, middle-of-the-road, midway, mild, modest, monotonous, neutral, nonpartisan, not excessive, pacific, peaceable, pleasant, reasonable, reserved, restrained, sober, soft, steady, straight, tame, tolerable, tolerant, tranquil, untroubled |
| Antonyms: | excessive, extreme, immoderate, outrageous, uncontrolled, unlimited, unreasonable, unrestrained, violent, wild |
| Main Entry: | neighborly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
| Synonyms: | amiable, civil, companionable, considerate, cooperative, cordial, genial, gracious, gregarious, harmonious, helpful, hospitable, kind, obliging, sociable, social, well-disposed |
| Antonyms: | cold, distant, unfriendly, unneighborly, unsociable |
| Main Entry: | nice |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | likable, agreeable |
| Synonyms: | admirable, amiable, approved, attractive, becoming, charming, commendable, considerate, copacetic, cordial, courteous, decorous, delightful, ducky, fair, favorable, fine and dandy, friendly, genial, gentle, good, gracious, helpful, ingratiating, inviting, kind, kindly, lovely, nifty*, obliging, okay*, peachy*, pleasant, pleasurable, polite, prepossessing, seemly, simpatico, superior, swell, unpresumptuous, welcome, well-mannered, winning, winsome |
| Antonyms: | bad, disagreeable, horrible, nasty, repulsive, unlikable, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obliging |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, helpful |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, agreeable, amiable, cheerful, civil, complaisant, considerate, cooperative, courteous, eager to please, easy, easygoing, good-humored, good-natured, hospitable, kind, lenient, mild, polite, willing |
| Antonyms: | disobliging, inconsiderate, mean, uncooperative, unfriendly, unhelpful |
| Main Entry: | openhanded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generous |
| Synonyms: | altruistic, benevolent, big, big-hearted, bountiful, charitable, considerate, giving, helpful, hospitable, kind, kindhearted, kindly, liberal, magnanimous, philanthropic, thoughtful, unselfish |
| Main Entry: | polite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mannerly, civilized |
| Synonyms: | affable, amenable, amiable, attentive, bland, civil, complaisant, concerned, conciliatory, condescending, considerate, cordial, courteous, courtly, cultured, deferential, diplomatic, elegant, friendly, genteel, gentle, good-natured, gracious, mild, neighborly, nice, obliging, obsequious, pleasant, polished, politic, punctilious, refined, respectful, smooth, sociable, solicitous, sympathetic, thoughtful, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered |
| Antonyms: | impolite, rude, uncivil, uncivilized, unmannerly, unrefined, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | politically correct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | socially acceptable |
| Synonyms: | PC, PC, considerate, diplomatic, gender-free, inclusive, inoffensive, liberal, multicultural, multiculturally sensitive, nondiscriminatory, nonracist, nonsexist, politic, political correctness, political views bias-free, respectful, sensitive, sensitive to other |
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