'Civilized' definitions:
Definition of 'civilized'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world" [syn: civilized, civilised] [ant: noncivilised, noncivilized]
adjective
Marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite]
Definition of 'Civilized'
From: GCIDE
- Civilize \Civ"i*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Civilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Civilizing.] [Cf. F. civilizer, fr.L. civilis civil. See Civil.]
- 1. To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine. [1913 Webster]
- Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose Her land to civilize, as to subdue. --Dryden [1913 Webster]
- 2. To admit as suitable to a civilized state. [Obs. or R.] "Civilizing adultery." --Milton.
- Syn: To polish; refine; humanize. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Civilized'
From: GCIDE
- Civilized \Civ"i*lized\, a. Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated. [1913 Webster]
- Sale of conscience and duty in open market is not reconcilable with the present state of civilized society. --J. Quincy. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'civilized'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstruse,
- advanced,
- ameliorated,
- beautified,
- becoming,
- befitting,
- bettered,
- bland,
- Christian,
- comme il faut,
- conforming,
- converted,
- correct,
- cultivated,
- cultured,
- dainty,
- decent,
- deep,
- delicate,
- developed,
- discriminating,
- done,
- educated,
- elegant,
- embellished,
- encyclopedic,
- enhanced,
- enriched,
- erudite,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- gracious,
- improved,
- learned,
- lettered,
- literate,
- nice,
- pansophic,
- perfected,
- polished,
- polyhistoric,
- polymath,
- polymathic,
- profound,
- refined,
- reformed,
- scholarly,
- scholastic,
- smooth,
- sophisticated,
- studious,
- subtle,
- transfigured,
- transformed,
- urbane,
- wise
Words containing 'Civilized'
- Civil,
- Civilities,
- Civility,
- Civilization,
- Civilize,
- Civilizer,
- Civilizing,
- Civil action,
- Civil architecture,
- Civil day,
- Civil death,
- Civil engineer,
- Civil engineering,
- Civil law,
- Civil liberty,
- Civil list,
- Civil remedy,
- Civil service,
- Civil state,
- Civil suit,
- Civil time,
- Civil war,
- Civil year,
- Code civil,
- Hallstatt civilization,
- Hallstattian civilization,
- aegean civilization,
- civil authority,
- civil censorship,
- civil ceremony,
- civil contempt,
- civil defense,
- civil disobedience,
- civil leader,
- civil libertarian,
- civil marriage,
- civil officer,
- civil order,
- civil right,
- civil rights,
- civil servant,
- civil union,
- civil wrong,
- cycladic civilization,
- helladic civilization,
- indus civilization,
- jus civile,
- minoan civilization,
- mycenaean civilization,
- western civilization,
- Civil Service Commission,
- Civil Service Reform,
- american civil war,
- civil rights activist,
- civil rights leader,
- civil rights movement,
- civil rights worker,
- civil-libertarian,
- english civil war,
- spanish civil war,
- uncivilized vs civilized,
- international civil aviation organization,
- united states civil war