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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cultured |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, civilized, educated, enlightened, learned, polished, refined, sophisticated, urbane |
| Notes: | cultured refers to people and pearls; cultivated refers to mind, tastes, speech, or behavior |
| Main Entry: | cultivate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enrich situation; give special attention |
| Synonyms: | advance, ameliorate, better, bolster, bring on, brownnose, butter up, cherish, civilize, court, develop, discipline, elevate, encourage, enrich, foster, further, get in with, get next to, get on good side of, improve, nourish, nurse, nurture, play up to, polish, promote, refine, run after, seek friendship, shine up to, suck up to, take pains with, train |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | cultivate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nurture, take care of |
| Synonyms: | aid, ameliorate, better, cherish, devote oneself to, educate, encourage, forward, foster, further, help, improve, instruct, nurse, patronize, promote, pursue, raise, rear, refine, support, teach, train |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | accomplished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skilled in activity |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, brainy, consummate, cool*, cultivated, expert, gifted, hep, hip*, masterly, polished, practiced, proficient, savvy, sharp, skillful, talented, wised up, with it |
| Antonyms: | inept, inexpert, unable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | artistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, satisfying to senses |
| Synonyms: | aesthetic, creative, cultivated, cultured, decorative, dramatic, elegant, exquisite, fine, graceful, grand, harmonious, ideal, imaginative, musical, ornamental, pictorial, picturesque, pleasing, poetic, refined, rhythmical, sensitive, stimulating, stylish, sublime, tasteful |
| Antonyms: | distasteful, horrible, inelegant, ugly |
| Main Entry: | broad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberal-minded |
| Synonyms: | advanced, cultivated, experienced, open, open-minded, permissive, progressive, radical, tolerant, unbiased, wide |
| Antonyms: | close-minded, small-minded |
| Main Entry: | civil |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obliging, kind |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, affable, civilized, complaisant, cordial, courteous, courtly, cultivated, diplomatic, formal, genteel, gracious, mannerly, polished, polite, politic, refined, suave, urbane, well-bred, wellmannered |
| Antonyms: | ill-mannered, impolite, rude, unkind |
| Main Entry: | cosmopolitan |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worldly-wise |
| Synonyms: | catholic, cultivated, cultured, ecumenical, global, gregarious, metropolitan, planetary, polished, public, smooth, sophisticated, universal, urbane, well-travelled, worldly, worldwide |
| Antonyms: | country, rural, rustic |
| Main Entry: | courteous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gentle, mannerly |
| Synonyms: | affable, attentive, ceremonious, civil, civilized, complaisant, considerate, courtly, cultivated, debonair, elegant, gallant, genteel, gracious, polished, polite, refined, respectful, soft-spoken, suave, thoughtful, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered, well-spoken |
| Antonyms: | bad-mannered, discourteous, impolite, rude, uncivil, uncourteous, unmannerly, unrefined |
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