Synonyms for courtesy
ˈkɜr tə si or, for 5 , ˈkɜrt sicour·tesy

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1. courtesyadjective

   Synonyms:
   free of charge

2. courtesyadjective

   Given or done as a polite gesture.

   We paid a courtesy visit to the new neighbors.

   Synonyms:
   free of charge

3. courtesyadjective

   Free of charge.

   The event planners offered courtesy tickets for the reporters.

   Synonyms:
   free of charge

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1. courtesynoun

   Address is that indefinable something which enables a man to gain his object without seeming exertion or contest, and generally with the favor and approval of those with whom he deals. It is a general power to direct to the matter in hand whatever qualities are most needed for it at the moment. It includes adroitness and discretion to know what to do or say and what to avoid; ingenuity to devise; readiness to speak or act; the dexterity that comes of practise; and tact, which is the power of fine touch as applied to human character and feeling. Courtesy and politeness are indispensable elements of good address. Compare SPEECH.

   Synonyms:
   address, address, adroitness, dexterity, discretion, ingenuity, manners, politeness, readiness, tact

   Antonyms:
   awkwardness, boorishness, clownishness, clumsiness, fatuity, folly, ill manners, ill-breeding, rudeness, stupidity, unmannerliness, unwisdom

   Preposition:
   Address in dealing with opponents; the address of an accomplished intriguer; an address to the audience.

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1. courtesy

   Synonyms:
   politeness, urbanity, civility, affability, graciousness

   Antonyms:
   churlishness, rudeness, arrogance, ungraciousness, incivility

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1. courtesynoun

   a courteous or respectful or considerate act

   Synonyms:
   good manners

   Antonyms:
   rudeness, discourtesy

2. courtesynoun

   a courteous or respectful or considerate remark

   Synonyms:
   good manners

   Antonyms:
   discourtesy, rudeness

3. courtesy, good mannersnoun

   a courteous manner

   Synonyms:
   good manners

   Antonyms:
   rudeness, discourtesy

Matched Categories

1. • Politeness
   • Remark

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1. courtesynoun

   Synonyms:
   politeness, courteousness, civility, urbanity, complaisance, affability, good-breeding, elegance of manners

2. courtesyverb

   Synonyms:
   make a courtesy

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1. courtesynoun

   Synonyms:
   politeness, urbanity, civility, complaisance, favor, indulgence, curtsy

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1. List of paraphrases for "courtesy":

   vanity, comity, politeness, courteousness, civility, courteous, kindness, graciously, decency, graceful

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1. courtesy

   Synonyms:
   Professional courtesy, see there
   

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1. Jake Basden:

   Out of courtesy, I personally texted Taylor at 9:06 p.m, June 29 to inform her prior to the story breaking on the morning of June 30 so she could hear it directly from me, i truly doubt that she' woke up to the news when everyone else did.

2. Host Seth Meyerspreviously saidthat:

   We’re all here at the courtesy of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

3. Courtesy Loni James:

   I’ve learned that I ’m the best version of Courtesy Loni James when I ’m traveling – the most open and the most curious, i ’m fascinated by the way that different countries approach the same things. I ’m constantly reminded that there’s not one right way to do things.

4. Jonathan Arthur:

   You do everything right, you slow down, you submit to the authority of law enforcement, you do the right thing, you wait until a well-lit place to pull over you're on a dark road -- you don't want anybody to get hurt -- and then Daniel Crocker turn around and repay your courtesy with this.

5. Oliver Wendell Holmes:

   Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies they are ready enough to tell them.