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- [kooth]
- /kuθ/
- /kuːθ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kooth]
- /kuθ/
Definitions of couth word
- uncountable noun couth If you say that someone has couth, you mean that they have good manners and sophistication. 3
- uncountable noun couth If you describe a person or their behavior as couth, you mean that they are polite and sophisticated. 3
- adjective couth refined 3
- adjective couth familiar; known 3
- adjective couth refined; polished; civilized 3
- adjective couth known; familiar 3
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Origin of couth
First appearance:
before 1895 One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900; back formation from uncouth
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Parts of speech for Couth
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
couth popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
couth usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for couth
adj couth
- practical — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- refined — having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.: refined people.
- worldly — of or relating to this world as contrasted with heaven, spiritual life, etc.; earthly; mundane.
- mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- knowing — affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
adjective couth
- cultured — If you describe someone as cultured, you mean that they have good manners, are well educated, and know a lot about the arts.
- practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- sceptical — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
Antonyms for couth
adj couth
- inexperienced — not experienced; lacking knowledge, skill, or wisdom gained from experience.
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- naive — having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- uncultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- uncultured — the lack or absence of culture: Much modern fiction is a product of unculture.
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