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Adjective courteous has 2 senses
- courteous, gracious, nice - exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture"
Antonym: impolite (indirect, via polite)
- courteous - characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners; "if a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he is a citizen of the world"-Francis Bacon
Antonyms: discourteous, abrupt, brusque, brusk, curt, short, caddish, unchivalrous, ungallant, unceremonious
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