Synonyms for uncultivated
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Uncultured — inadequately educated; lacking art or knowledge
uncultured, uncivilized, uncivilised UK, unlettered, uneducated, barbarous, savage, unrefined, wild, uncouth, ignorant, untutored, heathen, vulgar, unpolished, illiterate, unschooled, unenlightened, rough, rude, barbarian, brutish, untrained
Definitions
- adj. 1
Inadequately educated; lacking art or knowledge
Choose the right word
Savage signifies untrained, uncultivated.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- uneducated Tom is uneducated; he understands absolutely nothing.
- uncivilized There are still uncivilized lands.
- uncultured An uncultured person is an enslaved animal.
- fallow That fallow paddy field does not yield anymore.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| uncultivated | falling | |
| uneducated | steady | |
| uncivilized | rising | |
| uncultured | rising | |
| unlettered | steady | |
| fallow | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- wild1, rude1
- 5 letters
- waste1, rough1
- 6 letters
- savage2, vulgar2, fallow2
- 7 letters
- heathen2, brutish2, uncouth2
- 8 letters
- ignorant3, untilled
- 9 letters
- barbarian4, untrained2, barbarous3, unrefined3, untrimmed, untutored
- 10 letters
- illiterate4, uneducated5, uncultured, unpolished, unschooled, unlettered
- 11 letters
- uncivilized4, uncivilised
- 13 letters
- unenlightened4, noncultivated
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (savage2 = 2 syllables).