cordial
Warm, friendly and polite.
cordial in a sentence
- The rival captains shook hands and exchanged a cordial good luck before kick-off.
- The two grannies kept up a cordial chat over the garden fence, warm and polite as ever.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to cordial?
- Ahostile
- Bfriendly
- Crude
- Dcold
Show the answer
B: friendly. The other three mean the opposite of cordial.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to cordial?
- Ahostile
- Bfriendly
- Cwarm
- Dpolite
Show the answer
A: hostile. The other three mean nearly the same as cordial.
Words that mean something similar
friendly, warm, polite
Words that mean the opposite
hostile, cold, rude
More words about behaviour & manners
- courteous: Polite and showing good manners.
- covert: Done secretly, so that other people do not notice.
- curb: To control or hold back something so that it does not get out of hand.
- custom: A way of doing something that people have followed for a long time.
- deceit: The act of tricking someone by lying or hiding the truth.
- deceive: To trick someone into believing something that is not true.
- decline: To politely say no to something you have been offered.
- dedicate: To give your time and effort to something because it matters to you.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test