| Main Entry: | uncultivated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not cultivated |
Synonyms: |
arid, barbaric, barbarous, coarse, crass, crude, fallow, lowbrow, rough, rude, savage, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, undeveloped, unfarmed, unplowed, untilled, wild |
Antonyms: |
cultivated |
| Main Entry: | agrarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning land, farming |
Synonyms: |
agricultural, natural, peasant, rural, rustic, uncultivated, undomesticated |
| 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: | coarse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not fine, rude |
Synonyms: |
base, bawdy, blue*, boorish, brutish, cheap, common, crass, crude, dirty, earthy, filthy, foul, foul-mouthed, gross, gruff, immodest, impolite, improper, impure, incult, indelicate, inelegant, loutish, low, lowbred, lowdown and dirty, mean, nasty, obscene, off-color, offensive, raffish, raunchy, raw, ribald, rough, roughneck, rude, scatological, smutty, tacky, uncivil, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unrefined, vulgar, vulgarian |
Antonyms: |
gentle, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | dark |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ignorant |
Synonyms: |
benighted, uncultivated, unenlightened, unlettered, unread |
| Main Entry: | fallow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive |
Synonyms: |
dormant, idle, inert, neglected, quiescent, resting, slack, uncultivated, undeveloped, unplanted, unplowed, unproductive, unseeded, untilled, unused, vacant, virgin |
Antonyms: |
active, cultivated, developed, used |
| Main Entry: | feral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | untamed |
Synonyms: |
animal, brutal, ferocious, fierce, raging, savage, tameless, uncultivated, undomesticated, wild |
| Main Entry: | fresh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexperienced |
Synonyms: |
artless, callow, green*, natural, new, raw, tenderfooted, uncultivated, unpracticed, unskilled, untrained, untried, unversed, young, youthful |
Antonyms: |
experienced |
| Main Entry: | idle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not used; out of action |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, asleep, barren, closed down, dead, deserted, down, dusty, empty, gathering dust, inactive, inert, jobless, laid-off, leisured, mothballed, motionless, on the bench, on the shelf, out of operation, out of work, passive, quiet, redundant, resting, rusty, sleepy, stationary, still, uncultivated, unemployed, unoccupied, untouched, unused, vacant, void, waste, workless |
| Notes: | idle means not in action or at work; idyll means a simple descriptive work, either in poetry or prose, dealing with simple, rustic life - or a lighthearted carefree episode or experience; idyllic means excellent and delightful in all respects |
Antonyms: |
active, busy, employed, productive, used, working |
| Main Entry: | ignorant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unaware, unknowing |
Synonyms: |
apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, dense, green*, illiterate, imbecilic, in the dark, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, mindless, misinformed, moronic, naive, nescient, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, unconversant, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlearned, unlettered, unmindful, unread, unschooled, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless |
Antonyms: |
aware, competent, educated, intelligent, knowledgeable, literate, talented, wise |