Synonyms and Antonyms of polite
- it's only polite to hold the door for the person behind you
attentive, careful, considerate, nice, solicitous, thoughtful
chivalrous, civilized, courtly, gallant, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, ladylike
ceremonial, ceremonious, red-carpet
couth, formal, smooth, suave, unctuous, urbane
deferential, dutiful, respectful, submissive, yielding
acceptable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, comme il faut, correct, decent, decorous, fit, fitting, good, meet, proper, respectable, right, seemly, suitable
affable, cordial, friendly, genial, hospitable, pleasant, sociable
heedless, inconsiderate, thoughtless
audacious, bold, bold-faced, brash, brassy, disrespectful, impertinent, impudent, insolent, lippy, saucy, shameless
boorish, churlish, clodhopping, clownish, loutish, uncouth, vulgar
casual, informal, unceremonious
improper, inappropriate, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, uncalled-for, unrespectable, unseemly
- such matters are never mentioned in polite conversation