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| Main Entry: |
suavity
 [swah-vi-tee, swav-i-] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | polish |
| Synonyms: | affability, amenity, courtesy, diplomacy, mildness, propriety, unctuosity, urbanity |
| Main Entry: | courtesy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good manners |
| Synonyms: | address, affability, amenities, amiability, attentiveness, ceremony, chivalry, civility, comity, complaisance, consideration, cordiality, courteousness, courtliness, cultivation, culture, deference, elegance, familiarity, favor, friendliness, gallantness, gallantry, generosity, geniality, gentleness, good behavior, good breeding, graciousness, indulgence, kindness, polish, politeness, refinement, respect, reverence, solicitude, suavity, sympathy, tact, thoughtfulness, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, discourtesy, impoliteness, pompousness, rudeness, unmannerliness |
| Main Entry: | etiquette |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manners, politeness |
| Synonyms: | amenities, civility, code, convention, courtesy, customs, decency, decorum, deportment, dignity, form, formalities, good behavior, mores, p's and q's, politesse, proper behavior, propriety, protocol, rules, seemliness, social graces, suavities, usage |
| Antonyms: | bad manners |
Example Sentences
- He's a well-dressed thug with a protective coat of suavity.
- Hodges directs with a jazz musician's self-contained suavity.
- The serene beauty of his retirement, and the unvarying suavity and kindness of his.
| Main Entry: | polish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivated look, performance |
| Synonyms: | breeding, class, cultivation, culture, elegance, finesse, finish, grace, politesse, refinement, style, suavity, urbanity |
| Main Entry: | refinement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivation, civilization |
| Synonyms: | affability, civility, courtesy, courtliness, delicacy, dignity, discrimination, elegance, enlightenment, erudition, fastidiousness, fine point, fine tuning, fineness, finesse, finish, gentility, gentleness, good breeding, good manners, grace, graciousness, knowledge, lore, nicety, nuance, polish, politeness, politesse, precision, sophistication, style, suavity, subtlety, tact, taste, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, crudeness, rudeness |
| Main Entry: | tact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finesse, thoughtfulness |
| Synonyms: | acumen, acuteness, address, adroitness, amenity, aptness, care, common sense, consideration, control, courtesy, delicacy, delicatesse, diplomacy, discernment, discretion, discrimination, gallantry, good taste, head, horse sense, intelligence, judgment, penetration, perception, perspicacity, poise, policy, politicness, presence, prudence, refinement, repose, savoir faire, sensitivity, skill, smoothness, suavity, subtlety, tactfulness, understanding, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, indiscretion, tactlessness, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | savoir faire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tact |
| Synonyms: | Aukflarung, cultivation, diplomacy, graciousness, poise, savoir-faire, savvy, social grace, social know-how, sophistication, suavity, worldliness |
| Main Entry: | smoothness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finesse |
| Synonyms: | acumen, adroitness, charm, decorum, elegance, gracefulness, poise, skill, suavity, tact |
| Main Entry: | politeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courtesy |
| Synonyms: | affability, amenity, civility, comity, complaisance, convention, courtliness, decorousness, decorum, deference, diplomacy, etiquette, euphemism, pleasantry, polish, politesse, protocol, suaveness, suavity, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | impoliteness, rudeness |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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