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, societyWords Related to culture customs, manners, mores, values; folklore, heritage, legacy, tradition; subculture, subsociety

to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care culture bacteria in laboratory dishes Synonyms of culture crop, cultivate, grow, dress, promote, raise, rear, tendWords Related to culture breed, produce, propagate; plant, sow; gather, glean, harvest, reap; germinate, quicken, ripen, root, sproutNear Antonyms of culture kill; dig, extirpate, pick, pluck, pull (up), uproot; cut, hay, mow