suave[adjective]Synonyms: smooth, charming, courteous, debonair, polite, sophisticated, urbane
Antonyms: bluff
Contrasted words: clumsy, unpolished, unskilled, tactless, undiplomatic, untactful
Related Words: affable,
cordial,
genial,
gracious,
sociable,
courteous,
courtly,
polite,
diplomatic,
politic,
cultivated,
cultured,
distingué,
polished,
refined,
well-bred,
sophisticated,
worldly,
ingratiating,
soft,
soft-spoken,
fulsome,
slick,
unctuous [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
suave /swɑːv/
adjective[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;
Origin: 'pleasant, sweet', from Latin suavis]
someone who is suave is polite, confident, and relaxed, sometimes in an insincere way
Synonym : smooth:
a suave and sophisticated gentleman—suavely adverb—suavity, suaveness noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲