Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kooth]
- /kuθ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kooth]
- /kuθ/
Definitions of couther word
- adjective couther known or acquainted with. 1
- noun couther good manners; refinement: to be lacking in couth. 1
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Origin of couther
First appearance:
before 1895 One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900; back formation from uncouth
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Couther
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
couther 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.
Synonyms for couther
adj couther
- 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.
Antonyms for couther
adj couther
- 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.
See also
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