civilised adj 1: having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world" [syn: {civilized}] [ant: {noncivilized}] 2: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" [syn: {civilized}, {cultivated}, {cultured}, {genteel}, {polite}]