decorous
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme
Related & opposite
- proper also see
- indecorous antonym
- decorum derivation
- in good tastep similar to
- sedate similar to
Sense 2 adjective
according with custom or propriety
her becoming modesty
Related & opposite
- decency derivation
- decorum derivation
- seemliness derivation
- becomingness derivation
- proper similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | proper |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | indecorous |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | decorum |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | in good tastep |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | sedate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | decency |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | decorum |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | seemliness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | becomingness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | proper |