Synonyms for rude
- adjective
Most common
impolite ill-mannered uncouth disrespectful crude gross raw ill-bred
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Impolite
impolite, ill-mannered, uncouth, disrespectful, boorish, uncivilized, uncivilised UK, insulting, churlish, unrefined, discourteous, blunt, vulgar, brusque, ungracious, ignorant, abrupt, insensitive, surly, insolent, rough, coarse, abusive
2. Crude — undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant
crude, gross, primitive, rudimentary, undeveloped, rudimental
3. Raw
Other
uncivil, randy UK, pornographic, blue, unformed, sauce-y, angular, inartistic, inurbane, unfashioned, adult vulgar
Definitions
- adj. 1
Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.
- adj. 2
Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
Karen broke up with Fred because he was often rude to her.
- adj. 3
Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.
- adj. 4
Violent; abrupt; turbulent.
Related words
- Word family
- rudefem rudely rudeness rudiment rudimentary
Choose the right word
A person is rude when he violates the proprieties of social life either from ignorance or wantonness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- disrespectful I'm sure that Tom didn't mean to be disrespectful.
- impolite Tom told me that he thought Mary had been impolite.
- boorish I feel like holding hands now would be incredibly boorish.
- crude Crude persuasion is to persistently egg someone on.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| rude | rising | |
| disrespectful | rising | |
| impolite | rising | |
| boorish | rising | |
| crude | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- raw1
- 4 letters
- blue1
- 5 letters
- adult2, rough1, gross1, crude1, blunt1, randy2, surly2
- 6 letters
- vulgar2, abrupt2, coarse1
- 7 letters
- natural3, abusive3, angular3, uncouth2, boorish2, brusque1, uncivil3, artless
- 8 letters
- ignorant3, insolent3, impolite3, churlish2, unformed2, inurbane
- 9 letters
- primitive3, insulting3, unrefined3, underbred
- 10 letters
- rudimental, ungracious, inartistic
- 11 letters
- insensitive4, rudimentary5, undeveloped4, uncivilized4, unprocessed3, uncivilised, unfashioned
- 12 letters
- pornographic4, discourteous
- 13 letters
- disrespectful4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (adult2 = 2 syllables).