SUAVE


Meaning of SUAVE in English

adjective

being conspicuously and ingratiatingly tactful and well-mannered

a man of suave, well-bred equanimity

Synonyms: bland, civilized, smooth, urbane; compare tactful

Related Word: affable, cordial, genial, gracious, sociable; courteous, courtly, polite; diplomatic, politic; cultivated, cultured, distingué, polished, refined, well-bred; sophisticated, worldly; ingratiating, soft, soft-spoken; fulsome, slick, unctuous

Contrasted words: clumsy, unpolished, unskilled; tactless, undiplomatic, untactful

Antonyms: bluff

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