politeness

Other forms of politeness

plural

politenesses·

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 politeness

What does politeness mean?

politeness means "a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in politeness?

politeness has 3 syllables: poli-te-ness. The stress falls on "te". In IPA it is /pəˈlaɪtnəs/.

What is another word for politeness?

Close synonyms include niceness, civility. 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 politeness?

The recorded antonyms are impoliteness.

Is politeness a common word?

politeness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 politeness?

1 word rhymes with politeness. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.