urbane
Smoothly refined manner
Urbane describes sophisticated, polished, and effortlessly refined manners—the kind of smooth social grace associated with worldly experience.
An urbane host puts guests at ease with wit and charm.
The word suggests cultivation without stuffiness: His urbane manner made even awkward conversations feel natural.
The related noun is urbanity.
Purified or cultured
- elegantGracefully refined, tasteful
- culturedEducated in arts, manners
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
- gracefulElegant in movement
poised · debonair · well-bred · cultivated · genteel · tasteful · civilized · courteous
Culturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- traveledWent on a journey
- experiencedHaving practical knowledge gained
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
- culturedEducated in arts, manners
metropolitan · international · jet-setting · multilingual · well-traveled · global · broad-minded · worldly-wise
refined
Purified or cultured
- elegantGracefully refined, tasteful
- culturedEducated in arts, manners
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
graceful · poised · debonair · well-bred · cultivated · genteel · tasteful · civilized · courteous · mannerly
cosmopolitan
Culturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- traveledWent on a journey
- experiencedHaving practical knowledge gained
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
cultured · metropolitan · international · jet-setting · multilingual · well-traveled · global · broad-minded · worldly-wise · savvy
charming
Pleasantly attractive in manner
gallant · affable · tactful · diplomatic · disarming · ingratiating · unctuous · slick · glib · silver-tongued
clever
Showing mental quickness
droll · banter · repartee · quip · epigrammatic · arch · dry humor · sharp · trenchant · incisive
- mannersetiquette, manners, polite, rude, politeness
- worldlyworldly, cosmopolitan, globe-trotter, globetrotter, world traveler
- royal courtking, queen, prince, princess, crown
- charmingcharming, appealing, delightful, lovely, pleasant
- cultivatedrefined, polished, sophisticated, elegant, cultured
- polishedbuffed, burnished, glossy, gleaming, lustrous
urbaneunsophisticated
Lacking refinement or complexity
provincial · parochial · naive · unworldly · rustic
- urban legendsWidely circulated false stories
- urban lifeMetropolitan way of living
- urban mythFalse story believed widely
- urban migrationPopulation movement toward cities
- urban sprawlUncontrolled peripheral development
- urban decayCity infrastructure deterioration