The novel is centered on the Civil War.
Source: tatoeba (46520)
Civil
//ˈsɪv.əl//
Synonyms for "civil" (144 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (72)
internalinternationallaiclaicallaymanneredmannerlymatriarchalmatriarchicmeetmonarchalmonarchialmonarchicmonarchicalmonocraticmunicipalnationalneighborlyneighbourlynonclerical
Show 51 more words
nonecclesiasticalnonministerialnonordainednonpastoralnonreligiousobligingofficialoligarchaloligarchicorderlyparliamentarianparliamentarypatriarchalpatriarchicpeaceablepluralisticpolishedpolitepoliticpoliticalpopularproperpublicrefinedrepublicanrespectfulrightsecularsecularistsecularisticseemlyself-governingsociablesocialsocial-mindedsocietalsolicitousstatesuavesuitablesupranationaltactfultemporaltheocraticthoughtfultotalitarianungraciousurbanewell manneredwell-bredwell-mannered
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Antonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
65 entriesShowing 16 of 65 words.
etymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
128 translations across 58 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- civil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Arabic
2 entries- أَهْلِيّ adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- مَدَنِيّ adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Armenian
1 entries- քաղաքացիական adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Asturian
1 entries- civil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- mülki adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Basque
1 entries- zibil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Belarusian
3 entries- грама́дзкi adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- грамадзя́нскі adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- цыві́льны adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Breton
1 entries- keodedel adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ве́жлив adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- гра́ждански adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- учти́в adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- циви́лен adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Catalan
2 entries- civil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- civil adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 民事的 adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Czech
4 entries- civilizovaný adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- civilní adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- kulturní adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- slušný adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
Danish
3 entries- civil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- civiliseret adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- høflig adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
Dutch
4 entries- beschaafd adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- burgerlijk adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- civiel adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- geciviliseerd adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- civila adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Finnish
4 entries- asiallinen adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- kansalais adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- kohtelias adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- siviili adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
French
2 entries- civil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- civil adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
Galician
1 entries- civil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Georgian
1 entries- სამოქალაქო adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
German
3 entries- bürgerlich adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- zivil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- zivilisiert adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
Greek
1 entries- πολιτικός adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Hebrew
3 entries- אֶזְרָחִי adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- אזרחי adj (law: related to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters)
- מנומס adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
Hindi
4 entries- नागरिक adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- मिलनसार adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- सभ्य adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- सिविल adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Hungarian
1 entries- polgári adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Indonesian
3 entries- beradab adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- perdata adj (law: related to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters)
- sipil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- شَهْری adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- مَدَنی adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Irish
3 entries- béasach adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- sibhialta adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- sibhialta adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
Italian
1 entries- civile adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Japanese
4 entries- うやうやしい adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- 民事 adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- 民事上 adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- 民事的 adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Kazakh
1 entries- азаматтық adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Khmer
1 entries- ស៊ីវិល adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Korean
1 entries- 민사 adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- граждандык adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- жарандык adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Latin
1 entries- cīvīlis adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Latvian
1 entries- pilsonisks adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Macedonian
4 entries- во́спитан adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- граѓански adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- ку́лтурен adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- у́чтив adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
Malay
2 entries- sivil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- sivil adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
Manx
1 entries- beasagh adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
Māori
1 entries- rarautake adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Occitan
1 entries- civil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Piedmontese
1 entries- sivil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Polish
2 entries- cywilny adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- cywilny adj (law: related to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters)
Portuguese
3 entries- civil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- civil adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- civilizado adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
Romanian
1 entries- civil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Russian
4 entries- ве́жливый adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- воспи́танный adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- гражда́нский adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- культу́рный adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- catharra adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- sìobhalta adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- cìvīlnī adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- grȁđanskī adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- гра̏ђанскӣ adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- цѝвӣлнӣ adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Slovak
4 entries- civilizovaný adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- civilný adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- kultúrny adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- slušný adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
Slovene
1 entries- civilen adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Spanish
2 entries- civil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- civil adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
Swedish
2 entries- civil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- civiliserad adj (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
Tagalog
1 entries- bayanhin adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Tajik
3 entries- гражданӣ adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- маданӣ adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- шаҳрвандӣ adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Turkish
1 entries- sivil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Ukrainian
3 entries- громадя́нський adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- циві́льний adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- шта́тський adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Urdu
2 entries- شَہْری adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
- مَدَنی adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Uzbek
1 entries- grajdan adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Welsh
1 entries- sifil adj (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
We cannot rule out the possibility that civil war will break out in that country.
Source: tatoeba (47919)
This book gives a good picture of life in America during the Civil War.
Source: tatoeba (56879)
England was once torn by civil war.
Source: tatoeba (65755)
Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.