Polite wording

Synonyms for "polite wording" (17 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

Adjective(4 words)
cautious phrasingcivil prosecourteous languagecourteous phrasing

Strong matches (5)

Adjective(5 words)
excessive politenessformal dictionformal languagegentle phrasingoverly polite language

Related words (8)

Adjective(8 words)
polite request phrasingrespectful dictionrespectful languagesoftened languagesoftened requesttactful behaviortactful phrasingtactful wording

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries
communicationcommunication styledictionlanguagelinguistic stylephrasingtonewording

More specific

14 entries
academic tonecareful expressioncautious phrasingdeferential wordingdiplomatic wordingformal but vague wordingformal dictionformal wordinggentle phrasinggentle rephrasingofficial proseoverly polite dictionsoftened requesttactful wording

Collocations

9 entries
courteous dictiondiplomatic wordingformal wordingpolite phrasingpolite wording in emailspolite wording in feedbacksoftened languagetactful languagetactful phrasing

Inflections

3 entries
more polite wordingmost polite wordingpolite wordings

Derivations

1 entries