Synonyms of cultivated

cultivated 1 of 2

adjective

ˈkəl-tə-ˌvā-təd 

as in cultured

having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living

the museum's annual gala for charity attracts not only a very wealthy, but also a very cultivated crowd

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cultured
• civilized
• accomplished
• polished
• refined
• educated
• polite
• civil
• scholarly
• literate
• sophisticated
• genteel
• couth
• cerebral
• cosmopolitan
• intellectual
• learned
• highbrow
• knowledgeable
• erudite
• courteous
• intellectualistic
• urbane
• highbrowed
• high-toned
• intellectualist
• well-bred
• mannerly
• well-read
• overcivilized
• oversophisticated
• hypercivilized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignorant
• uncivilized
• uncultured
• unrefined
• barbarous
• unpolished
• barbaric
• uneducated
• illiterate
• coarse
• unlettered
• unintelligent
• lowbrow
• rustic
• provincial
• ungenteel
• unsophisticated
• backwoods
• philistine
• crude
• uncouth
• vulgar
• boorish
• polyester
• ill-bred
• clownish
• ill-mannered
• inelegant
• churlish
• cloddish

cultivated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of cultivate

1

as in developed

to come to have gradually

cultivated a taste for opera in order to fit in with his new circle of friends

Synonyms & Similar Words

• developed
• acquired
• formed
• gained
• adopted
• obtained
• got
• embraced
• absorbed
• achieved
• attained
• reached
• promoted
• fostered
• nurtured
• took on
• took in
• nourished

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost
• abandoned
• deserted
• discarded
• forsook
• rejected
• dumped
• shed
• unloaded
• cast
• flung (off or away)
• scrapped
• threw out
• jettisoned
• sloughed
• ditched
• threw away
• junked
• shucked (off)

2

as in promoted

to help the growth or development of

cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promoted
• encouraged
• nurtured
• fostered
• advanced
• incubated
• forwarded
• nourished
• furthered
• advocated
• assisted
• supported
• funded
• endorsed
• championed
• nursed
• financed
• upheld
• aided
• backed
• endowed
• patronized
• subsidized
• staked
• advertised
• publicized
• worked (for)
• abetted
• boosted
• touted
• underwrote
• agitated (for)
• plugged
• campaigned (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inhibited
• hindered
• prevented
• prohibited
• discouraged
• opposed
• frustrated
• proscribed
• enjoined
• banned
• fought
• barred
• outlawed
• forbade
• suppressed
• countered
• contended (with)
• repressed
• subdued
• checked
• arrested
• stifled
• battled
• combated
• interdicted
• halted
• retarded
• interfered (with)
• impeded
• encumbered
• obstructed
• squashed
• squelched
• hobbled
• snuffed (out)
• shackled
• fettered
• manacled

3

as in grew

to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care

in an attempt to produce New World counterparts of the wines that he had enjoyed in Europe, Jefferson cultivated several varieties of grapes at Monticello

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grew
• produced
• planted
• harvested
• promoted
• raised
• cultured
• tended
• reared
• bred
• cropped
• dressed
• propagated
• rooted
• gathered
• gleaned
• sowed
• ripened
• sprouted
• reaped
• germinated
• quickened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• killed
• picked
• plucked
• dug
• uprooted
• pulled (up)
• extirpated
• cut
• mowed
• hayed

4

as in harvested

to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on

we ought to cultivate the field out back

Synonyms & Similar Words

• harvested
• planted
• farmed
• tended
• tilled
• cropped
• reaped
• harrowed
• hoed
• sharecropped

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cultivated

Adjective

The home is located on a quarter-acre of native and cultivated gardens and houses an art studio and yurt. — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2023

Verb

Once it’s been rationalized and authorized by the government, even admired and cultivated as an expedient virtue, there’s no easy way to stop it. — David Shulman, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2026

The daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz has cultivated her own aesthetic, ranging from edgy to romantic and from effortlessly off-duty to full red carpet glamour. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026