genteel

The word “genteel” has 2 syllables: gen-teel

It's pronounced as /dʒɛnˈtil/

What is synonym and antonym for genteel?

In the thesaurus, “genteel” has 157 synonyms and 116 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for genteel along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for genteel

acceptable
accomplished
adequate
affable
affected
allowed
appropriate
apt
aristocratic
artificial
attentive
authorized
becoming
befitting
blue-blooded
bourgeois
careful
cerebral
ceremonial
ceremonious
chivalrous
civil
civilized
comme il faut
compatible
confined
congenial
considerate
cordial
correct
cosmopolitan
courteous
courtly
couth
cultivated
cultured
de rigueur
decent
decorous
deferential
demure
dignified
dress
dressy
dutiful
educated
elegant
elevated
ennobled
erudite
exalted
fashionable
felicitous
fit
fitting
formal
friendly
gallant
genial
gentle
gentlemanlike
gentlemanly
good
graceful
gracious
grand
great
harmonious
high
high-level
high-toned
highborn
highbred
highbrow
highbrowed
hollow
hospitable
humble
hypercivilized
intellectual
intellectualist
intellectualistic
intolerant
kingly
knightly
knowledgeable
kosher
la-di-da
ladylike
learned
literate
lofty
lordly
mannerly
material
meek
meet
middlebrow
modest
nice
noble
ostentatious
overcivilized
oversophisticated
patrician
permitted
pleasant
polished
polite
pompous
precious
pretentious
priggish
prim
princely
prissy
proper
prudish
queenly
red-carpet
refined
regal
relevant
respectable
respectful
right
royal
satisfactory
scholarly
seemly
senior
silk-stocking
smooth
sociable
solicitous
sophisticated
stiff
strait-laced
stuffy
stylish
suave
submissive
suitable
superior
thoughtful
tolerable
unassertive
unctuous
upper-class
upper-crust
urbane
well-behaved
well-bred
well-mannered
well-read
wellborn
yielding

Antonyms for genteel

abased
arrogant
audacious
awkward
backwoods
banned
barbaric
barbarous
barred
baseborn
bastard
bold
bold-faced
boorish
brash
brassy
callous
casual
churlish
cloddish
clodhopping
clownish
coarse
common
conceited
crude
degraded
disallowed
discourteous
disrespectful
forbidden
gauche
grungy
heedless
humble
ignoble
ignorant
ill-bred
ill-mannered
illegitimate
illiterate
impertinent
impolite
improper
impudent
inappropriate
inconsiderate
incorrect
indecent
indecorous
indelicate
inelegant
inferior
informal
insolent
interdicted
intolerable
junior
knavish
lippy
loutish
low
lowbrow
lower-class
lowly
mannerless
mean
nonaristocratic
ordinary
outlawed
philistine
plain
plebeian
polyester
presuming
presumptuous
pretentious
prohibited
proscribed
provincial
rough
rude
rugged
rustic
rustical
saucy
seedy
shabby
shameless
subordinate
tacky
thoughtless
unacceptable
unbecoming
uncalled-for
unceremonious
uncivil
uncivilized
uncouth
uncultured
uneducated
unfashionable
ungenteel
ungraceful
ungracious
unintelligent
unlettered
unmannered
unmannerly
unpolished
unrefined
unrespectable
unsatisfactory
unseemly
unsophisticated
vulgar

Meanings of genteel

adjective
1. Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
2. Polite and well-mannered.
3. Stylish or elegant.
4. Aristocratic.

Example Sentences

She spoke in a very genteel manner at the formal dinner.
The genteel atmosphere of the old mansion impressed the visitors.
Despite his wealth, he maintained a genteel humility.
The novel portrays the genteel lifestyle of the upper class.
They lived in a genteel neighborhood with tree-lined streets.

On this page you'll find 273 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to genteel, such as: abased, acceptable, accomplished, adequate, affable, affected, allowed.

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