Defenition of the word civilize

• Defenition of the word civilize

  • make a country technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now highly developed"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
  • train to be discriminative; as of taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
  • raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
  • train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
  • raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
  • teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

Synonyms for the word civilize

• • advance
  • cultivate
  • develop
  • educate
  • enlighten
  • improve
  • modernize
  • refine
  • school
  • train

Similar words in the civilize

• • civilize
  • civilized
  • civilizes

Hyponyms for the word civilize

• • sophisticate

Hypernyms for the word civilize

• • alter
  • change
  • down
  • fine-tune
  • modify
  • polish
  • refine

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