Synonyms for civilized
ˈsɪv əˌlaɪzdciv·i·lized

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1. civilized

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. civilized, civilisedadjective

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

   "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"

   Synonyms:
   civilised, genteel, cultivated, polite, cultured

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

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"

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

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "civilized":

   civilised, civilization, civilizations, civilizational, civil, ming

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How to use civilized in a sentence?

1. Author Unknown:

   The greatest paradox of them all is to speak of "civilized warfare."

2. Lassina Zerbo:

   One would not anticipate that North Korea would go for new testing at a time when they are engaged in discussions with their brothers from the South, in the 21st century, they are the only country to have conducted a nuclear test explosion. In the 21st century, the world is too civilized for anyone to resume testing.

3. John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty", 1859:

   The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.

4. Herman Melville:

   We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. We are blind to the real sights of this world; deaf to its voice; and dead to its death. And not till we know, that one grief outweighs ten thousand joys will we become what Christianity is striving to make us.

5. Congressman Andy Harris:

   Today's aggression by protesters who disagree with my position on the legalization of recreational marijuana demonstrates the problem with political discourse today, we all must agree to have a civilized debate when disagreement occurs. My parents fled communist Eastern Europe where people with different political opinions were harassed and punished, and it has no place in America.