| Main Entry: | barbarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, savage |
Synonyms: |
barbaric, barbarous, boorish, brutal, coarse, cruel, inhuman, lowbrow, merciless, philistine, primitive, rough, rude, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unsophisticated, untamed, vicious, vulgar, wild |
Antonyms: |
civilized, cultured, educated, humane, kind, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | barbarian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crude, savage person |
Synonyms: |
beast, bigot, boor, brute, cannibal, clod, hooligan, hun, ignoramus, lout, monster, philistine, rascal, ruffian, troglodyte, vandal |
Antonyms: |
sophisticate |
| Main Entry: | barbaric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, savage |
Synonyms: |
barbarian, barbarous, boorish, brutal, coarse, cruel, fierce, graceless, inhuman, lowbrow, primitive, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, vulgar, wild |
| Notes: | barbaric pertains to crudeness and uncivility (based on Greek barbaros 'foreign'); barbarous pertains to cruelty, harshness, and immorality |
| Main Entry: | barbarous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, savage |
Synonyms: |
atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, brutal, brutish, coarse, cruel, ferocious, heartless, ignorant, inhuman, inhumane, monstrous, primitive, rough, rude, ruthless, sadistic, truculent, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, unsophisticated, vicious, vulgar, wicked, wild, wolfish |
Antonyms: |
civilized, cultured, educated, kind, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | beast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large wild animal; brute |
Synonyms: |
barbarian, beastie, creature, critter, fiend, gargoyle, glutton, lower animal, monster, monstrosity, pig, quadruped, swine, varmint |
| Main Entry: | boor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clod |
Synonyms: |
barbarian, bear, boob*, brute, buffoon, cad, churl, dork, goon, lout, oaf, peasant, philistine, rube, vulgarian |
Antonyms: |
charmer, enthusiast, exciter |
| Main Entry: | fiend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dastardly person |
Synonyms: |
Mephistopheles, Satan, barbarian, beast, brute, degenerate, demon, devil, diablo, evil spirit, hellion, imp, little devil, monster, ogre, savage, serpent, troll |
Antonyms: |
angel, friend |
| Main Entry: | foreign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | from another country, experience |
Synonyms: |
adopted, alien, alienated, antipodal, barbarian, barbaric, borrowed, derived, different, distant, estranged, exiled, exotic, expatriate, external, extralocal, extraneous, extrinsic, far, far-fetched, far-off, faraway, from abroad, immigrant, imported, inaccessible, nonnative, nonresident, not domestic, not native, offshore, outlandish, outside, overseas, remote, strange, transoceanic, unaccustomed, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown |
Antonyms: |
local, national, native |
| Main Entry: | graceless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, unsophisticated |
Synonyms: |
awkward, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, clunky, coarse, corrupt, crude*, forced, gauche, gawky, ill-mannered, improper, indecorous, inelegant, inept, infelicitous, klutzy, loutish, oafish, outlandish, rough, rude, shameless, tasteless, two left feet, uncouth, uncultured, unfortunate, ungainly, unhappy, unmannered |
Antonyms: |
beautiful, charming, dexterous, elegant, graceful, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | heathen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not believing in Christian god |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, atheistic, barbarian, godless, idolatrous, infidel, irreligious, nonbeliever, pagan, profane, skeptic |
Antonyms: |
godly, religious |