Synonyms: polite, genteel, civilised, civilized, cultivated, cultured
Definition: marked by refinement in taste and manners
Usage: cultivated speech; cultured Bostonians; cultured tastes; a genteel old lady; polite society
Similar words: refined
Definition: (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
Usage: she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship; refined people with refined taste
Synonyms: cultivated
Definition: no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use
Usage: cultivated roses; cultivated blackberries
Definition: brought from wildness into a domesticated state
Usage: tame animals; fields of tame blueberries