civilised

1. 1.

   having a high state of culture and development both social and technological

   “terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world”

   Synonymscivilized

   Similaradvancedcivilhumane
2. 2.

   marked by refinement in taste and manners

   “cultivated speech”

   “cultured Bostonians”

   “cultured tastes”

   “a genteel old lady”

   “polite society”

   Synonymscivilizedcultivatedculturedgenteelpolite

   Similarrefined

Questions about civilised

What does civilised mean?

civilised means "having a high state of culture and development both social and technological". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in civilised?

civilised has 3 syllables and divides as civi-li-sed under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for civilised?

Close synonyms include civilized, civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is civilised a common word?

civilised is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.