Synonyms for impolite
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
rude, discourteous, ill-mannered, ungracious, uncivil, disrespectful, boorish, insolent, churlish, uncouth, unpolished, blunt, brusque, impertinent, indelicate, uncivilized, uncivilised UK, impudent, unrefined, uncultured, bad-mannered, rough, improper, ill-bred, barbaric, abrupt, crude, coarse, savage, brutal, unmannerly, uncourteous, sauce-y, ungentlemanly, bearish, indecorous, ungentle, unpolite US CA, underbred, vulgar, insensitive, irreverent, gruff, brutish, barbarous
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not polite; discourteous; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.
Example sentences
- discourteous That would have been discourteous.
- disrespectful I'm sure that Tom didn't mean to be disrespectful.
- insolent Her insolent remarks to her boss cost her her job.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| impolite | rising | |
| uncivil | rising | |
| discourteous | steady | |
| ungracious | steady | |
| disrespectful | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- rude1
- 5 letters
- rough1, crude1, blunt1, gruff1
- 6 letters
- brutal2, savage2, vulgar2, abrupt2, coarse1
- 7 letters
- bearish2, brutish2, uncouth2, boorish2, brusque1, uncivil3
- 8 letters
- improper3, barbaric3, insolent3, impudent, churlish2, ungentle, unpolite
- 9 letters
- unrefined3, barbarous3, underbred
- 10 letters
- irreverent4, unpolished, uncultured, ungracious, indelicate4, indecorous, unmannerly
- 11 letters
- insensitive4, uncivilized4, impertinent4, uncivilised, uncourteous
- 12 letters
- discourteous
- 13 letters
- disrespectful4, ungentlemanly
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (brutal2 = 2 syllables).