It was a surprise to see all the students behaving with decorum on prom night.
Source: tatoeba (2018)
Decorum
//ɖɪˈkorəm//
Synonyms for "decorum" (91 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
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3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- εὐσχημοσύνη noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
Bulgarian
2 entries- благоприличие noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- етикет noun (a convention of social behavior)
Catalan
2 entries- decor noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- decòrum noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 禮儀 /礼仪 noun (a convention of social behavior)
- 端正 noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- 體統 /体统 noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
Finnish
4 entries- etiketti noun (a convention of social behavior)
- hyvä käytös noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- käytöstavat noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- säädyllisyys noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
French
1 entries- décorum noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
Galician
1 entries- decoro noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
Georgian
4 entries- დეკორუმი noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- ეტიკეტი noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- ზრდილობა noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- ზრდილობის წესები noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
German
4 entries- Anstand noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- Anstandsregel noun (a convention of social behavior)
- Anstandsregeln noun (a convention of social behavior)
- Anständigkeit noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
Greek
1 entries- ευπρέπεια noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
Hungarian
4 entries- illem noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- illemszabály noun (a convention of social behavior)
- illendőség noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- konvenció noun (a convention of social behavior)
Italian
1 entries- decoro noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
Japanese
4 entries- reigi tadashisa) noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- tansei-sa) noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- 礼儀 noun (a convention of social behavior)
- 礼儀) noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
Latin
1 entries- decōrum noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
Manx
1 entries- beasaght noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
Polish
2 entries- decorum noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- dekorum noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
Portuguese
1 entries- decoro noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਤਮੀਜ਼ noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
Romanian
3 entries- cuviință noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- cădere noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- decență noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
Russian
4 entries- благоприли́чие noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- благопристо́йность noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- деко́рум noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- пра́вила поведе́ния noun (a convention of social behavior)
Spanish
2 entries- decoro noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
- pundonor noun (appropriate social behavior; propriety)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
You must not lack decorum dealing with your benefactors.
Source: tatoeba (327404)
Mary told Tom to behave himself at the party this time. Last time they'd gone out he had thrown decorum to the winds, and she didn't want to be embarrassed by him again.
Source: tatoeba (5323875)
Let's maintain decorum.
Source: tatoeba (9499097)
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