| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charming, smooth |
| Synonyms: | affable, agreeable, bland, civilized, cordial, courteous, courtly, cultivated, cultured, diplomatic, distingué, fulsome, genial, glib, gracious, ingratiating, obliging, oily, pleasant, pleasing, polished, polite, politic, refined, smooth-tongued, sociable, soft*, soft-spoken, sophisticated, unctuous, urbane, well-bred, worldly |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, unpolished, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | bland |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, gracious |
| Synonyms: | affable, amiable, civilized, congenial, courteous, gentle, good-natured, ingratiating, oily, pleasant, smooth, suave, unctuous, unemotional, urbane |
| Antonyms: | blase, dull, unfriendly, ungracious |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | debonair |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charming, elegant |
| Synonyms: | affable, buoyant, casual, cheerful, courteous, dashing, detached, happy, jaunty, lighthearted, nonchalant, pleasant, refined, smooth, sprightly, suave, urbane, well-bred |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, inelegant, uncharming, undebonair |
| Main Entry: | diplomatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | politic, tactful |
| Synonyms: | adept, arch, artful, astute, bland, brainy, cagey, calculating, capable, clever, conciliatory, conniving, contriving, courteous, crafty, cunning, deft, delicate, dexterous, discreet, gracious, guileful, intriguing, opportunistic, polite, prudent, savvy, scheming, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, sly, smooth, strategic, suave, subtle, wily |
| Antonyms: | artless, impolite, rude, tactless |
| Main Entry: | easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good-humored |
| Synonyms: | affable, amiable, at ease, carefree, casual, complaisant, diplomatic, familiar, friendly, gentle, good-natured, good-tempered, graceful, gracious, gregarious, informal, mild, natural, obliging, open, pleasant, polite, relaxed, secure, smooth, sociable, suave, tolerant, unaffected, unanxious, undemanding, unforced, unpretentious, urbane |
| Antonyms: | difficult, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | finished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cultivated, refined |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, all-around, classic, consummate, cultured, elegant, expert, exquisite, flawless, impeccable, many-sided, masterly, perfected, polished, professional, proficient, skilled, smooth, suave, urbane, versatile |
| Antonyms: | crude, uncultivated, unfinished, unrefined, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | fulsome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickening or excessive behavior |
| Synonyms: | adulatory, bombastic, buttery, canting, cloying, coarse, extravagant, fawning, flattering, glib, grandiloquent, hypocritical, immoderate, ingratiating, inordinate, insincere, magniloquent, mealy-mouthed, nauseating, offensive, oily, oleaginous, overdone, saccharine, sanctimonious, slick*, slimy*, smarmy, smooth, suave, sycophantic, unctuous, wheedling |
| Antonyms: | reasonable, sincere |