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Synonyms for civilise
civilise
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Princeton's WordNet
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civiliseverb
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
"Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
Synonyms:
aim, groom, educate, naturalise, cultivate, civilize, school, develop, discipline, take aim, rail, work, domesticate, check, coach, condition, direct, train, trail, take, naturalize, tame, crop, preparecivilize, civiliseverb
raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
"The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#125 | work | |
#165 | school | |
#246 | take | |
#272 | check | |
#783 | direct | |
#1067 | condition | |
#1482 | develop | |
#2505 | train | |
#2751 | aim | |
#3126 | coach | |
#3242 | trail | |
#3552 | prepare | |
#4108 | rail | |
#5491 | discipline | |
#5648 | crop | |
#10451 | educate | |
#14900 | groom | |
#22879 | tame | |
#24442 | cultivate | |
#166077 | naturalize | |
#179254 | civilize | |
#182964 | domesticate |
Translations for civilise
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- ح� ارةArabic
- civilizovatCzech
- civilisereDanish
- zivilisierenGerman
- πολιτισμένοςGreek
- civiliziEsperanto
- civilizarSpanish
- متمدنPersian
- sivistääFinnish
- civiliserFrench
- sibhialtachtIrish
- ardveeinee, beaseeManx
- सभ्य बनानेHindi
- civilizáltHungarian
- beradabIndonesian
- incivilire, civilizzareItalian
- לתרבותHebrew
- 文明的Japanese
- ನಾಗರಿಕತೆKannada
- 문명Korean
- civiliseLatin
- beschaven, civiliserenDutch
- sivilisereNorwegian
- cywilizowaćPolish
- civilizarPortuguese
- civilizaRomanian
- цивилизоватьRussian
- civiliseraSwedish
- நாகரீகம்Tamil
- నాగరికతTelugu
- อารยธรรมThai
- medeniTurkish
- цивілізаціяUkrainian
- تہذیبUrdu
- nền văn minhVietnamese
- 文明的Chinese
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