civil

civil is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.
2. adjective. Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.
3. adjective. Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual.
4. adjective. Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.
5. adjective. Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.
6. adjective. Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.
7. adjective. of or in a condition of social order

   "civil peoples"

8. adjective. not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others- W.S. Maugham

   "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"

   Synonyms: polite

9. adjective. (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life

   "the civil calendar"

   "a civil day begins at mean midnight"

10. adjective. applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military

    "civil authorities"

11. adjective. of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals

    "civil rights"

    "civil liberty"

    Synonyms: civic

12. adjective. of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state

    "civil affairs"

    "civil strife"

Synonyms

polite, civic

Common word forms

civiler, civilly, civilest, civilise, civility, civilize, civilness

Words from these letters

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