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culture

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of culture

1 a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts

  • because of its wide reputation as a place of culture, Boston became known as "the Athens of America"
Synonyms of culture

accomplishment, civilization, couth, cultivation, polish, refinement
Words Related to culture

education, erudition, intellectualism, intellectuality, knowledge, learning, literacy, scholarship

cosmopolitanism, sophistication, urbanity

breeding, genteelness, gentility, manners

class, elegance, grace, taste

civility, courteousness, courtesy, politeness
Near Antonyms of culture

ignorance, illiteracy

parochialism, provincialism, rusticity, unsophistication

boorishness, churlishness, clownishness, coarseness, crudeness, vulgarity
Antonyms of culture

barbarianism, barbarism, philistinism

2 the way people live at a particular time and place

  • a study of ancient Anasazi culture as it existed in the canyons of the American Southwest
Synonyms of culture

civilization, life, lifestyle, society
Words Related to culture

customs, manners, mores, values

folklore, heritage, legacy, tradition

subculture, subsociety

culture

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of culture

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

  • culture bacteria in laboratory dishes
Synonyms of culture

crop, cultivate, dress, grow, promote, raise, rear, tend
Words Related to culture

breed, produce, propagate

plant, sow

gather, glean, harvest, reap

germinate, quicken, ripen, root, sprout
Near Antonyms of culture

kill

dig, extirpate, pick, pluck, pull (up), uproot

cut, hay, mow

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