DICTIONARY WORDS ONLY:
PROFANITY:

DECIVILIZES Antonyms

10 antonyms for decivilizes. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For DECIVILIZES

WordSaveSyns..UsageType
civilizes

verb

v

verb

• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

• raise from a barbaric to a civilized state

cultivates

verb

v

verb

• foster the growth of

• prepare for crops

• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

• adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

develops

verb

v

verb

• make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation

• work out

• gain through experience

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• change the use of and make available or usable

• elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

• create by training and teaching

• be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest

• grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment

• become technologically advanced

• cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development

• generate gradually

• grow emotionally or mature

• make visible by means of chemical solutions

• superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry

• move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions

• move into a strategically more advantageous position

• elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme

• happen

• expand in the form of a series

educates

verb

v

verb

• give an education to

• create by training and teaching

• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

enlightens

verb

v

verb

• make understand

• give spiritual insight to; in religion

• make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

humanizes

verb

v

verb

• make more humane

improves

verb

v

verb

• to make better

• get better

polishes

verb

v

adjective

• of or relating to Poland or its people or culture

noun

• the property of being smooth and shiny

• the Slavic language of Poland

• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

• a preparation used in polishing

verb

• make (a surface) shine

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

refines

verb

v

verb

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• make more complex, intricate, or richer

• treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition

• reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

• attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying

• make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of

sophisticates

noun

n

noun

• a worldly-wise person

verb

• make less natural or innocent

• practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

• alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

• make more complex or refined

Alternatives for CIVILIZES

Words (21)

Alternatives for CULTIVATES

Words (27)

Alternatives for DEVELOPS

Words (48)
Phrases (3)

Alternatives for EDUCATES

Words (19)

Alternatives for ENLIGHTENS

Words (22)
Phrases (4)

Alternatives for HUMANIZES

Words (6)

Alternatives for IMPROVES

Words (22)

Alternatives for POLISHES

Words (33)
Phrases (4)