Synonyms for philistine
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Uncultured
uncultured, heathen, pagan, uncultivated, unlearned, nonintellectual
Other
anti-intellectual, low-brow, commonplace, philistinish, philistinic rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.
Example sentences
- pagan They're doing a pagan ritual in the backyard.
- heathen How so? Do you not want to bet? Are you a heathen?
- uncultured An uncultured person is an enslaved animal.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| philistine | steady | |
| pagan | rising | |
| heathen | steady | |
| uncultured | rising | |
| nonintellectual | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- pagan2
- 7 letters
- heathen2
- 9 letters
- unlearned
- 10 letters
- uncultured
- 11 letters
- commonplace3, philistinic
- 12 letters
- uncultivated, philistinish
- 15 letters
- nonintellectual
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pagan2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- philistin