Usually means: Adhering to social and cultural norms.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word civilized:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. civilized: Merriam-Webster
  2. civilized: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. civilized: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. civilized: Collins English Dictionary
  5. civilized: Vocabulary.com
  6. Civilized, civilized: Wordnik
  7. civilized: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. civilized: Wiktionary
  9. civilized: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. civilized: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Civilized, civilized: Dictionary.com
  12. civilized: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Civilized (Stellastarr album), Civilized (album), Civilized: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Civilized: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. civilized: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. civilized: Rhymezone
  17. Civilized: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. civilized: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. civilized: FreeDictionary.org
  20. civilized: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. civilized: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. civilized: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. civilized: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. civilized: Encyclopedia

(Note: See civilize as well.)

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▸ adjective:  Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to civilization.
▸ adjective:  Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, reasonable, ethical.
▸ adjective:  Marked by refinement in taste and manners.

Similar:
cultured, cultivated, civil, polite, humane, refined, genteel, advanced, civilizational, Civic, more...

Opposite:
barbaric, primitive, uncultured, savage, wild

Types:
primitive, barbaric, civilized society, uncivilized society, more...

Phrases:
civilized world, five civilized nations, Five Civilized Tribes, not civilized, far from civilized, more...

Adjectives:
more, semi, half, fully, five, concrete

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    beige,     ivory,     taupe,     charcoal,     burgundy, more...



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Similar:
cultured, cultivated, civil, polite, humane, refined, genteel, advanced, civilizational, Civic, more...

Opposite:
barbaric, primitive, uncultured, savage, wild

Types:
primitive, barbaric, civilized society, uncivilized society, more...

Phrases:
civilized world, five civilized nations, Five Civilized Tribes, not civilized, far from civilized, more...

Adjectives:
more, semi, half, fully, five, concrete

Colors:
    beige,     ivory,     taupe,     charcoal,     burgundy, more...



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