courtesy

1. 1.

   a courteous or respectful or considerate act

   Broaderpoliteness

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2. 2.

   a courteous or respectful or considerate remark

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3. 3.

   a courteous manner

   Synonymsgood manners

   Antonymsdiscourtesy

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   Narrowerpolitenessurbanitygraciousnesschivalrydeferencecivility

Other forms of courtesy

plural

courtesies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about courtesy

What does courtesy mean?

courtesy means "a courteous or respectful or considerate act". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in courtesy?

courtesy has 3 syllables: cour-te-sy. The stress falls on "cour". In IPA it is /ˈkɝtəsi/.

What is another word for courtesy?

Close synonyms include good manners. 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 courtesy?

The recorded antonyms are discourtesy.

Is courtesy a common word?

courtesy is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.