civilized

Questions about civilized

What does civilized mean?

civilized 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 civilized?

civilized has 3 syllables: civil-i-zed. The stress falls on "civil". In IPA it is /ˈsɪvəˌlaɪzd/.

What is another word for civilized?

Close synonyms include civilised, civilised, 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.

What is the opposite of civilized?

The recorded antonyms are noncivilized.

Is civilized a common word?

civilized 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.

What rhymes with civilized?

29 words rhyme with civilized. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.