Antonyms for civilized
ˈsɪv əˌlaɪzdciv·i·lized

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1. civilized

   Antonyms:
   atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, brutal, cruel, inhuman, merciless, rude, savage, uncivilized, uncouth, untamed

   Synonyms:
   courtly, cultured, delicate, elegant, graceful, humane, nice, polite, refined, tender, urbane

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1. civilized, civilisedadjective

   having a high state of culture and development both social and technological

   "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"

   Antonyms:
   nonliterate, barbarous, unrefined, barbaric, noncivilized, barbarian, noncivilised, uncivilized, wild, primitive, savage, uncivilised, preliterate

   Synonyms:
   civilised, genteel, cultivated, polite, cultured

2. civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, politeadjective

   marked by refinement in taste and manners

   "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

   Antonyms:
   nonliterate, barbaric, barbarian, barbarous, preliterate, savage, uncivilised, unrefined, wild, primitive, uncivilized, noncivilized, noncivilised

   Synonyms:
   civilised, civil, genteel, cultivated, polite, cultured

How to use civilized in a sentence?

1. Oleksandr Kovalov:

   Here were conditions for a mutual ceasefire, a civilized surrender of Azovstal, civilized conditions for our prisoners of war, and an exchange.

2. Vladimir Putin:

   These are the actions of a terrorist, not the leader of a civilized nation.

3. President Barack Obama:

   The killing of innocent people based on a twisted ideology is an attack not just on France, not just on Turkey, it is an attack on the civilized world, we stand in solidity with (the French people) in hunting down the perpetrators of this crime and bringing them to justice.

4. Katt Gu:

   The programmer group is very civilized and educated, it's really a tender and soft way, and an effective way to fight for their rights.

5. Garry Kasparov:

   Boris hoped, in vain as we understand, to see some form of peaceful transition into normal, civilized democratic government, i see no chance for Russia now to move from Putin's brutal dictatorship into something that will be even (as) mild as we had 10 years ago.

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