cultivated

cul·ti·vat·ed
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/ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/

adjective

Of a person, cultured, refined, educated.

Similar
tametamedcivilizedcivilisedculturedgenteelpoliterefined
Opposite
uncultivated
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Meanings

adjectivecultivated (comparative more cultivated, superlative most cultivated)

comparative more cultivated · superlative most cultivated

  1. Of a person, cultured, refined, educated.

    Attractive, cultivated GWM seeks to share love of music, literature, good times with same.

    1976 December 4, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 23, page 14
  2. biologyOf a plant, grown by cultivation (not wild).
  3. agricultureOf land, farmed.
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of cultivate

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing

Opposite
uncultivated

adjectiveno longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use

Similar
tametamed

adjectivemarked by refinement in taste and manners

Similar
civilizedcivilisedculturedgenteelpoliterefined
Also see
civilisedcivilizedcomplaisantcorrectcourteousculturederuditegenteelknowledgefullearnedpoliterefinedsmarttametamed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan culte
  • cultecultured
Esperanto klera
  • kleracultured
Finnish sivistynyt, viljelty
  • sivistynytcultured
  • viljeltygrown by cultivation
  • viljeltyfarmed
French cultivé, cultivé
  • cultivécultured
  • cultivégrown by cultivation
  • cultivéfarmed
German kultiviert
  • kultiviertcultured
Greek καλλιεργημένος
  • καλλιεργημένος (kalliergiménos)cultured
Italian colto, culto
  • coltocultured
  • cultocultured
  • istruitocultured
  • acculturatocultured
Latin cultus
  • cultuscultured
Portuguese culto, cultivado
  • cultocultured
  • cultivadogrown by cultivation
  • cultivadofarmed
Spanish culto
  • cultocultured
Cite this entry
APA

cultivated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultivated

MLA

“cultivated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultivated. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cultivated,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultivated.

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