well-bred as an adjective: - 1
well-bred
adjective
1 well-bred
Of good upbringing.
synonym: well-mannered.
Roget 894:
courteous,
polite,
civil,
mannerly,
urbane;
well-behaved,
well-mannered,
well-bred,
well-brought up;
good-mannered,
polished,
civilized,
cultivated;
refined
etc.
(taste)
850;
gentlemanlike
etc.
(fashion)
852†;
gallant;
on one's good behavior.
fine spoken,
fair spoken,
soft-spoken;
honey-mouthed,
honey-tongued;
oily,
bland;
obliging,
conciliatory,
complaisant,
complacent;
obsequious
etc.
886.
ingratiating,
winning;
gentle,
mild;
good-humored,
cordial,
gracious,
affable,
familiar;
neighborly.
diplomatic,
tactful,
politic;
artful
etc.
702.
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Roget 852:
fashionable;
in fashion
etc.
n.;
a la mode,
comme il faut [Fr.];
admitted in society,
admissible in society
etc.
n.;
presentable;
conventional
etc.
(customary)
613;
genteel;
well-bred,
well mannered,
well behaved,
well spoken;
gentlemanlike†,
gentlemanly;
ladylike;
civil,
polite
etc.
(courteous)
894.
polished,
refined,
thoroughbred,
courtly;
distingue [Fr.];
unembarrassed,
degage [Fr.];
janty†,
jaunty;
dashing,
fast.
modish,
stylish,
chic,
trendy,
recherche;
newfangled
etc.
(unfamiliar)
83;
all the rage,
all the go†;
with it,
in,
faddish.
in court,
in full dress,
in evening dress;
en grande tenue [Fr.]
etc.
(ornament)
847.
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Moby thesaurus: blue-blooded, cultivated, cultured, full-blooded, genteel, gentle, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, highborn, highbred, ladylike, of good breed, polished, pur sang, pure-blooded, purebred, refined, thoroughbred, well-brought-up, wellborn.
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