courteous

courteous is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant.
2. adjective. characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners-Francis Bacon

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

3. adjective. exhibiting courtesy and politeness

   "a nice gesture"

   Synonyms: gracious, nice

Synonyms

gracious, nice

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in courteous:

outsource

Common word forms

courteously, courteousness

Words from these letters

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