well-mannered

1. 1.

   of good upbringing

   Synonymswell-bred

   Similarrefined
2. 2.

   socially correct in behavior

   Synonymsmannerly

   Similarpolite

Questions about well-mannered

What does well-mannered mean?

well-mannered means "of good upbringing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in well-mannered?

well-mannered has 3 syllables: well--man-nered. The stress falls on "well-".

What is another word for well-mannered?

Close synonyms include well-bred, mannerly. 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 well-mannered a common word?

well-mannered 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.