Meanings
comparative more uncultured · superlative most uncultured
- Not cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or refinement; philistine.
Synonyms: benighted, unenlightened, barbarous, uncivilized, benighted, cimmerian, clueless, foolish · Antonyms: cultured
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or refinement; philistine.
adjectiveNot cultured or artificially developed.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of persons) lacking art or knowledge
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishcultured
- Englishuncultured
Translations
Catalan inculte
- incultenot cultured
Danish ukultiveret
- ukultiveretnot cultured
Finnish sivistymätön
- sivistymätönnot cultured
French inculte
- incultenot cultured
German kulturlos
- kulturlosnot cultured
Hindi असभ्य, अशिष्ट
- असभ्य (asabhya)not cultured
- अशिष्ट (aśiṣṭ)not cultured
Hungarian kulturálatlan, műveletlen
- kulturálatlannot cultured
- műveletlennot cultured
Persian بیفرهنگ
- بیفرهنگ (bifarhang)not cultured
Polish niekulturalny
- niekulturalnynot cultured
Portuguese inculto
- incultonot cultured
Romanian incult
- incultnot cultured
Russian некульту́рный
- некульту́рный (nekulʹtúrnyj)not cultured
Spanish inculto, guaso
- incultonot cultured
- guasonot cultured
- huasonot cultured
Swedish okultiverad
- okultiveradnot cultured
Turkish kültürsüz
- kültürsüznot cultured
Ukrainian некульту́рний
- некульту́рний (nekulʹtúrnyj)not cultured
Cite this entry
uncultured. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncultured
“uncultured.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncultured. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncultured,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncultured.
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