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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1. 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.

2. Pamela Geller:

   Civilized men can disagree, savages will kill you when they disagree.

3. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   I'm yet to see a Man more graceful, civilized and patient while making love with his woman; and a Woman who has never rejeced her man's sexual advances!”

4. Walter Lippmann:

   When men are brought face to face with their opponents, forced to listen and learn and mend their ideas, they cease to be children and savages and begin to live like civilized men. Then only is freedom a reality, when men may voice their opinions because they must examine their opinions.

5. 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.