Synonyms of crass

crass

adjective

ˈkras 

as in vulgar

lacking in refinement or good taste

a loudmouthed jerk given to rude jokes and crass comments

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vulgar
• rude
• crude
• coarse
• common
• gross
• uncouth
• clumsy
• tasteless
• rough
• lowbrow
• uncultured
• unpolished
• raffish
• unrefined
• rugged
• low
• uncultivated
• rough-hewn
• insensible
• illiberal
• boorish
• ill-bred
• churlish
• thoughtless
• clownish
• loutish
• ungentlemanly
• insensitive
• roughneck
• incult
• indelicate
• lowbred
• inconsiderate
• oafish
• cloddish
• unsophisticated
• rustic
• tacky
• lumpish
• lubberly
• inelegant
• barbaric
• provincial
• countrified
• uncivilized
• graceless
• barbarous
• unmannered
• unmannerly
• mannerless
• animallike

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• smooth
• civilized
• genteel
• cultured
• tasteful
• polished
• refined
• aristocratic
• cultivated
• courtly
• patrician
• elegant
• sensitive
• restrained
• graceful
• well-bred
• thoughtful
• sophisticated
• gracious
• considerate
• ultrarefined
• urbane
• citified

Synonym Chooser

How does the adjective crass contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of crass are dense, dull, dumb, and stupid. While all these words mean "lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions," crass suggests a grossness of mind precluding discrimination or delicacy.

a crass, materialistic people

When could dense be used to replace crass?

While in some cases nearly identical to crass, dense implies a thickheaded imperviousness to ideas.

too dense to take a hint

In what contexts can dull take the place of crass?

While the synonyms dull and crass are close in meaning, dull suggests a slow or sluggish mind such as results from disease, depression, or shock.

monotonous work that leaves the mind dull

When would dumb be a good substitute for crass?

The synonyms dumb and crass are sometimes interchangeable, but dumb applies to an exasperating obtuseness or lack of comprehension.

too dumb to figure out what's going on

When can stupid be used instead of crass?

The words stupid and crass are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, stupid implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary.

stupid students just keeping the seats warm

stupid with drink

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crass

Boys and young men have always enjoyed the crassest of humor. — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 6 June 2026

The service There’s nothing as crass as a check-in desk here. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

In fact, the very term anti-Semitism was popularized by Wilhelm Marr, a German nationalist who sought to distinguish his anti-Jewish ideology from the crass bigotry of the common folk by dressing his hate up in pseudoscientific terms. — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026

But those efforts did their part to contribute to the overall sense of the Cannes Film Festival as the center of the moviegoing world for 11 days in May, somewhere where crass corporate product lived alongside uncompromising arthouse efforts in a broad-spectrum display of what constitutes cinema. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 27 May 2026