ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

eceive, do the honors, usher, greet, hail, bid welcome; welcome, welcome with open
arms; shake hands; hold out the hand, press the hand, squeeze the hand, press the flesh;
bid Godspeed; speed the parting guest; cheer, serenade.
salute; embrace &c (endearment) 902; kiss, kiss hands; drink to, pledge, hob and nob † ;
move to, nod to; smile upon.
uncover, cap; touch the hat, take off the hat; doff the cap; present arms; make way for;
bow; make one's bow, make a leg; scrape, curtsy, courtesy; bob a curtsy, bob a courtesy;
kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee.
visit, wait upon, present oneself, pay one's respects, pay a visit &c (sociability) 892;
dance attendance on &c (servility) 886; pay attentions to; do homage to &c (respect) 928.
prostrate oneself &c (worship) 990.
give one's duty to, send one's duty to, &c n.. render polite &c adj.; polish, civilize,
humanize.
Adj. courteous, polite, civil, mannerly, urbane; well-behaved, well-mannered, well-bred,
well-brought up; good-mannered, polished, civilized, cultivated; refined &c (taste) 850;
gentlemanlike &c (fashion) 852 [Obs.]; gallant; on one's good behavior.
fine spoken, fair spoken, soft-spoken; honey-mouthed, honey-tongued; oily, bland;
obliging, conciliatory, complaisant, complacent; obsequious &c 886.
ingratiating, winning; gentle, mild; good-humored, cordial, gracious, affable, familiar;
neighborly.
diplomatic, tactful, politic; artful &c 702.
Adv. courteously &c adj.; with a good grace; with open arms, with outstretched arms; a
bras ouverts [Fr.]; suaviter in modo [Fr.], in good humor.
Int. hail!, welcome!, well met!, ave!, all hail!, good day, good morrow!, Godspeed!, pax
vobiscum! [Lat.], may your shadow never be less!,
Phr. Tien de plus estimable que la ceremonie [Fr.]; the very pink of courtesy [Romeo
and Juliet].
895. Discourtesy -- N. discourtesy; ill breeding; ill manners, bad manners, ungainly
manners; insuavity † ; uncourteousness † , &c adj.; rusticity, inurbanity † ; illiberality,
incivility displacency † .
disrespect &c 929; procacity † , impudence: barbarism, barbarity; misbehavior,
brutality, blackguardism † , conduct unbecoming a gentleman, grossieret_e, brusquerie † ;
vulgarity, &c 851.
churlishness &c adj.; spinosity † , perversity; moroseness &c (sullenness) 901.1.
sternness &c adj.; austerity; moodishness † , captiousness &c 901; cynicism; tartness
&c adj.; acrimony, acerbity, virulence, asperity.
scowl, black looks, frown; short answer, rebuff; hard words, contumely;
unparliamentary language, personality.
bear, bruin, brute, blackguard, beast; unlicked cub † ; frump, crosspatch † ; saucebox &c
887 [Obs.]; crooked stick; grizzly.
V. be rude &c adj.; insult &c 929; treat with discourtesy; take a name in vain; make bold
with, make free with; take a liberty; stare out of countenance, ogle, point at, put to the
blush.