Synonyms for manners
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1. mannersnoun

   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, courtesy, dexterity, discretion, ingenuity, 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. manners

   Synonyms:
   deportment, behavior, carriage, courtesy, politeness, intercourse, demeanor

   Antonyms:
   misdemeanor, misbehavior, unmannerliness

Princeton's WordNet

1. mannersnoun

   social deportment

   "he has the manners of a pig"

Matched Categories

1. • Demeanor

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1. mannersnoun

   Synonyms:
   morals, habits, carriage, behavior, deportment, bearing, breeding, air, customary conduct

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1. mannersnoun

   Associated words:
   etiquette

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1. List of paraphrases for "manners":

   ways, mores

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1. Rita Mae Brown:

   You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

2. The Telegraph:

   He should be received with proper good manners, and as far as a speech is concerned ... he would speak where most other presidents have spoken – in the Royal Gallery.

3. C. A. Bartol:

   Good manners and good morals are sworn friends and fast allies.

4. Justin Timberlake:

   I mean, yeah, it's kind of like that thing where my main objective is that he become a great person. And if he wants to get into the arts or sports, then yeah, I would fully support that, i think I can hopefully offer him some advice on what to do and what not to do, so yeah, but right now we're working on our manners. That's a big deal in our house right now. It's like, one thing at a time.

5. Edith Wharton:

   I despair of the Republic! Such dreariness, such whining sallow women, such utter absence of the amenities, such crass food, crass manners, crass landscape!! What a horror it is for a whole nation to be developing without the sense of beauty, and eating bananas for breakfast.