Synonyms for uncultured
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Ignorant — not cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or refinement; philistine
ignorant, boorish, philistine, uncultivated, uncouth, unrefined, unlettered, uneducated, uncivilized, uncivilised UK, illiterate, unenlightened, brutish, untutored, savage, unschooled, barbaric, barbarous, impolite, barbarian, heathen, unpolished, benighted
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Not cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or refinement; philistine.
Related words
- Word family
- unculturedness
Example sentences
- ignorant Not only you but also he is ignorant of the truth.
- philistine He hit the Philistine in the forehead.
- boorish I feel like holding hands now would be incredibly boorish.
- uncultivated This land is left uncultivated.
- artless Your artless attempt at a treatise is more like a diatribe.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| uncultured | rising | |
| ignorant | steady | |
| philistine | steady | |
| boorish | rising | |
| uncultivated | falling | |
| artless | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- savage2
- 7 letters
- heathen2, brutish2, uncouth2, boorish2, artless
- 8 letters
- ignorant3, barbaric3, impolite3
- 9 letters
- barbarian4, unrefined3, barbarous3, benighted3, untutored
- 10 letters
- illiterate4, uneducated5, philistine3, unpolished, unschooled, unlettered
- 11 letters
- uncivilized4, uncivilised
- 12 letters
- uncultivated
- 13 letters
- unenlightened4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (savage2 = 2 syllables).