Urbane and Uncivilized

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Urbane adjective - Having or showing very polished and worldly manners.

Usage example: a gentlemanly and urbane host of elegant dinner parties

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Uncivilized is an antonym for urbane in civilized topic.

Nearby Words: urbanity, urbanely, urbanize

Uncivilized adjective - Not civilized.

Usage example: unfairly branded as uncivilized by European explorers, they had created a culture that was actually quite advanced

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Urbane is an antonym for uncivilized.

Nearby Word: uncivilised

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Uncivilized and Urbane. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/urbane/uncivilized

Urbane & Uncivilized. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/urbane/uncivilized>.

Uncivilized or Urbane. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/urbane/uncivilized.

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