civil

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

• applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
  • "civil authorities"
• of or in a condition of social order
  • "civil peoples"

Adjective

• not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; - W.S. Maugham
  • "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"
• of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
  • "civil affairs"
  • "civil strife"
  • "civil disobedience"
  • "civil branches of government"
• of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals
  • "civil rights"
  • "civil liberty"
• (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life
  • "the civil calendar"
  • "a civil day begins at mean midnight"

Adj

• Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
• Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.
• In a peaceful and well-ordered state.
• Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters.
• Secular.

Synonyms

civic, polite

Antonyms

anti-civil, impolite, inconsiderate, noncivil, rude, sidereal, uncivil

Related Words

civic, civilization