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Synonyms and Antonyms of manner

1 manners plural personal conduct or behavior as evaluated by an accepted standard of appropriateness for a social or professional setting
  • the young man's impeccable manners are an unmistakable sign of a good upbringing
Synonyms of manner

etiquette, form, mores, proprieties
Words Related to manner

amenities, civilities, pleasantries

bearing, demeanor, deportment, mien

courtesy, decorum, mannerliness, politeness

formalities, protocol, rules

air, attitude, carriage, poise, polish, pose, posture, presence

custom, habit, pattern, practice (also practise), trick, way, wont

convention, fashion, mode, style
2 a distinctive way of putting ideas into words
  • the former doctor writes his novels very much in the manner of someone who is used to observing the smallest details
Synonyms of manner

fashion, locution, mode, phraseology, style, tone, vein
Words Related to manner

address, delivery, elocution

archaism, colloquialism, regionalism

acceptation, connotation, denotation, expression, idiom
3 a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common
  • fish and all manner of sea life on view at the aquarium
Synonyms of manner

breed, class, description, feather, genre, ilk, kidney, kind, like, nature, order, sort, species, strain, stripe, type, variety
Words Related to manner

model

sample, specimen

bracket, bunch, category, division, family, grade, group, grouping, lot, persuasion, rank(s), set, suite
4 the means or procedure for doing something
  • you happened to reach the correct answer, but the manner by which you solved the problem was all wrong
Synonyms of manner

approach, fashion, form, how, method, methodology, recipe, strategy, style, system, tack, tactics, technique, way
Words Related to manner

mode, modus operandi

blueprint, design, game, game plan, ground plan, intrigue, layout, line, model, plan, plot, program, route, scheme

expedient, move, shift, step

practice (also practise), process, routine

policy

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