courteous

1. 1.

   exhibiting courtesy and politeness

   “a nice gesture”

   Synonymsgraciousnice

   Similarpolite
2. 2.

   characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners

   “if a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he is a citizen of the world”

   Antonymsdiscourteous

   Similarchivalrous

Questions about courteous

What does courteous mean?

courteous means "exhibiting courtesy and politeness". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in courteous?

courteous has 3 syllables: cour-te-ous. The stress falls on "cour". In IPA it is /ˈkɝtiəs/.

What is another word for courteous?

Close synonyms include gracious, nice. 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 courteous?

The recorded antonyms are discourteous.

Is courteous a common word?

courteous 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.