Polite
Polite adjective - Showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners.
Usage example: it's only polite to hold the door for the person behind you
Nearby Words: politeness, politely
Uncivil
Uncivil adjective - Not civilized.
Usage example: the uncivil and wild land that the pioneers tamed and settled
Nearby Words: uncivilised, uncivilly
Both words in one sentence
- Just as briefly, it happened to Lana Lang who went from a shy and polite girl to an uncivil attention seeker for an episode after smelling strange spores.
Source: Became Their Own Antithesis
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Uncivil and Polite. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/polite/uncivil
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Uncivil or Polite. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/polite/uncivil.
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