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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

confident, elegant, or smooth in a sophisticated nature;

e.g. He handed the troubled customer in a suave and tactful manner.

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Similar Words

Comme il faut

Debonair

Ladylike

Metro

Metropolitan

Smooth

Sophisticated

Svelte

Urbane

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Opposite Words

Abashed

Abrupt

Acerb

Acerbic

Acid

Acidic

Acidulous

Acrid

Awkward

Barbed

Biting

Bluff

Blunt

Boorish

Brusque

Caustic

Churlish

Classless

Clownish

Clumsy

Corrosive

Crusty

Curt

Cutting

Diffident

Downright

Gauche

Gawky

Graceless

Hick

Inelegant

Insecure

Ironic

Loutish

Mordant

Parochial

Philistine

Point-blank

Provincial

Puerile

Pungent

Rough-hewn

Rustic

Sarcastic

Sardonic

Satiric

Scalding

Scathing

Self-conscious

Self-doubting

Sharp-tongued

Short

Smart aleck

Smart-mouthed

Snarky

Snippy

Spiky

Stiff

Stilted

Stodgy

Tart

Tongue-in-cheek

Unceremonious

Uncivilized

Uncomfortable

Uncouth

Uncultured

Uneasy

Ungainly

Ungraceful

Unrefined

Wooden

Wry

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Related Words

Amiable

Appealing

Assured

Attractive

Calm

Cavalier

Civil

Civilized

Collected

Composed

Confident

Cool

Cosmopolitan

Courteous

Couth

Cultivated

Cultured

Diplomatic

Genteel

Glib

Graceful

Gracious

Mannerly

Metro

Metropolitan

Placid

Poised

Polished

Polite

Politic

Practiced

Refined

Secure

Self-assured

Self-possessed

Serene

Slick

Smart

Tactful

Tranquil

Unctuous

Undisturbed

Unperturbed

Well-bred

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