Thesaurus:impolite

Thesaurus

impolite

English

Adjective

Sense: not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners

Synonyms

• aweless
• bad-mannered
• barbaric
• bold (Ireland)
• bumptious
• crude    [⇒ thesaurus]
• churlish
• discourteous
• gauche
• ill-bred
• ill-mannered
• impolite
• incivil (rare)
• insolent
• lack-grace
• mismannered
• rantipole (obsolete)
• rough    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rude
• uncivil
• uncourteous
• uncouth
• uncultured
• underbred
• unmannerly
• unpolished
• unpolite
• unrefined

Antonyms

• debonair
• polite    [⇒ thesaurus]
• suave

Hyponyms

• arrogant    [⇒ thesaurus]
• cheeky    [⇒ thesaurus]
• disrespectful
• ignorant    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “895. discourtesy” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “impolite” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.