All couth synonyms
couth
C c adj couth
- cosmopolitan β A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures.
- practical β of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- refined β having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.: refined people.
- worldly β of or relating to this world as contrasted with heaven, spiritual life, etc.; earthly; mundane.
- mature β complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- glistening β to reflect a sparkling light or a faint intermittent glow; shine lustrously.
- bright β A bright colour is strong and noticeable, and not dark.
- shiny β bright or glossy in appearance.
- burnished β You can describe something as burnished when it is bright or smooth.
- knowing β affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
- disenchanted β to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- practiced β skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- jaded β dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite.
- smooth β free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- cultivated β If you describe someone as cultivated, you mean they are well educated and have good manners.
- disillusioned β to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
- seasoned β one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- studied β marked by or suggestive of conscious effort; not spontaneous or natural; affected: studied simplicity.
- bored β If you are bored, you feel tired and impatient because you have lost interest in something or because you have nothing to do.
- cool β Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
- citified β having the customs, manners, or dress of city people
- schooled β a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- buffed β Chiefly British Dialect. a blow; slap.
- adult β An adult is a mature, fully developed person. An adult has reached the age when they are legally responsible for their actions.
- artificial β Artificial objects, materials, or processes do not occur naturally and are created by human beings, for example using science or technology.
- blase β If you describe someone as blasΓ©, you mean that they are not easily impressed, excited, or worried by things, usually because they have seen or experienced them before.
- cynical β If you describe someone as cynical, you mean they believe that people always act selfishly.
- into β to the inside of; in toward: He walked into the room. The train chugged into the station.
- laid-back β relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
- sharp β having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- skeptical β doubtful about a particular thing: My teacher thinks I can get a scholarship, but I'm skeptical.
- suave β (of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
- svelte β slender, especially gracefully slender in figure; lithe.
- urbane β having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities: an urbane manner.
- well-bred β well brought up; properly trained and educated: a well-bred boy.
- with it β (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- in β (used to indicate inclusion within space, a place, or limits): walking in the park.
- been around β in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, etc.: The crowd gathered around.
- in the know β to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
- mondaine β a woman who moves in fashionable society
- on to β so as to be or remain supported by or suspended from: Put your package down on the table; Hang your coat on the hook.
- stagy β of, relating to, or suggestive of the stage.
- streetwise β street-smart.
- switched on β turned-on (def 1).
- uptown β to, toward, or in the upper part of a town or city: He rode uptown on the bus.
- world-weary β weary of the world; bored with existence, material pleasures, etc.
- cavalier β If you describe a person or their behaviour as cavalier, you are criticizing them because you think that they do not consider other people's feelings or take account of the seriousness of a situation.
- courteous β Someone who is courteous is polite and respectful to other people.
- courtly β You use courtly to describe someone whose behaviour is very polite, often in a rather old-fashioned way.