civilized Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
educate; civilise; school; train; cultivate; civilize.
- Cultivate your musical taste
- Train your tastebuds
- She is well schooled in poetry
verb raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
civilize; civilise.
- The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized
adjective having a high state of culture and development both social and technological
civilised.
- terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world
adjective satellite marked by refinement in taste and manners
civilised; polite; cultured; genteel; cultivated.
- cultivated speech
- cultured Bostonians
- cultured tastes
- a genteel old lady
- polite society

Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.
Sale of conscience and duty in open market is not reconcilable with the present state of civilized society. J. Quincy.