courteous
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
exhibiting courtesy and politeness
a nice gesture
Related & opposite
- seemliness derivation
- politeness derivation
- graciousness derivation
- polite similar to
Sense 2 adjective
characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners
if a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he is a citizen of the world
Related & opposite
- respectful also see
- discourteous antonym
- good manners attribute
- chivalrous similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | seemliness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | politeness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | graciousness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | polite |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | respectful |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | discourteous |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | good manners |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | chivalrous |