couth | Definition of couth

couth

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of couth

a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts

their future son-in-law's lack of couth was of some concern to this patrician couple

Synonyms of couth

accomplishment, civilization, cultivation, culture, polish, refinement

Words Related to couth

education, erudition, intellectualism, intellectuality, knowledge, learning, literacy, scholarship

cosmopolitanism, sophistication, urbanity

breeding, genteelness, gentility, manners

class, elegance, grace, taste

civility, courteousness, courtesy, politeness

Near Antonyms of couth

ignorance, illiteracy

parochialism, provincialism, rusticity, unsophistication

boorishness, churlishness, clownishness, coarseness, crudeness, vulgarity

Antonyms of couth

barbarianism, barbarism, philistinism