good manners
Polite behavior standards
Good manners are the social behaviors that show consideration for others—saying please and thank you, chewing with your mouth closed, not interrupting.
The phrase implies adherence to established etiquette rather than spontaneous kindness: She was raised with good manners.
Someone can have good manners while being cold or insincere, since manners concern form more than feeling.
Prescribed conduct rules
- decorumFitting social conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- deportmentManner and conduct
- formalityStrict observance of convention
ceremony · savoir-faire · breeding · refinement · social graces · dining etiquette · introductions · RSVP
Polite appeal word
- thank-youExpression of gratitude
- excuse meApology for minor intrusion
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
tactfulness · consideration · deference · obligingness · apology · greeting · acknowledgment · graciousness
Yielding to another's judgment
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- regardAttentive consideration given
admiration · consideration · dignity · acknowledgment · bowing · salutation · honorifics · elders
Sincere friendly warmth
- affabilityWarm, friendly disposition
- amiabilityFriendly, agreeable temperament
- congenialityPleasant, agreeable nature
- friendlinessWarm, welcoming disposition
hospitality · kindness · thoughtfulness · generosity · graciousness · charm · pleasantness · geniality
Emotional self-control
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- restraintControl over impulses
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
dignity · refinement · polish · elegance · sophistication · self-control · calmness · gentleness
protocol
Prescribed conduct rules
- decorumFitting social conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- deportmentManner and conduct
formality · ceremony · savoir-faire · breeding · refinement · social graces · dining etiquette · introductions · RSVP · handshake
please
Polite appeal word
- thank-youExpression of gratitude
- excuse meApology for minor intrusion
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
courtesy · tactfulness · consideration · deference · obligingness · apology · greeting · acknowledgment · graciousness · attentiveness
deference
Yielding to another's judgment
regard · admiration · consideration · dignity · acknowledgment · bowing · salutation · honorifics · elders · titles
cordiality
Sincere friendly warmth
- affabilityWarm, friendly disposition
- amiabilityFriendly, agreeable temperament
- congenialityPleasant, agreeable nature
friendliness · hospitality · kindness · thoughtfulness · generosity · graciousness · charm · pleasantness · geniality · warmheartedness
composure
Emotional self-control
discretion · dignity · refinement · polish · elegance · sophistication · self-control · calmness · gentleness · modesty
- life advicebe honest, be kind, be patient, work hard, be yourself
- Southern hospitalitywarm welcome, welcome, friendliness, neighborliness, hospitality suite
- Islamic ethicsihsan, moral virtues, ethical conduct, birr, divine law
- courtesycivility, decorum, etiquette, politeness, propriety
- etiquettepoliteness, etiquette, courtesy, civility, social graces
- kindnesskindness, niceness, gentleness, empathy, compassion
good mannersbad manners
Socially unacceptable behavior
rudeness · impoliteness · discourtesy · disrespect · incivility
good mannersvulgarity
Offensive coarseness in manner
crudeness · coarseness · uncouthness · crassness · loutishness
good, goodness, manners, mannerism, mannerly, unmannerly, mannerliness, mannerist