Synonyms of culture

culture 1 of 2

noun

ˈkəl-chər 

1

as in civilization

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 & Similar Words

• civilization
• education
• accomplishment
• cultivation
• literacy
• refinement
• manners
• knowledge
• learning
• polish
• scholarship
• elegance
• cosmopolitanism
• intellectualism
• couth
• civility
• intellectuality
• erudition
• sophistication
• urbanity
• breeding
• politeness
• taste
• gentility
• grace
• class
• genteelness
• courtesy
• courteousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• barbarism
• philistinism
• ignorance
• illiteracy
• barbarianism
• parochialism
• provincialism
• rusticity
• vulgarity
• coarseness
• boorishness
• crudeness
• unsophistication
• churlishness
• clownishness

2

as in lifestyle

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 & Similar Words

• lifestyle
• civilization
• society
• life
• values
• customs
• folklore
• manners
• heritage
• tradition
• legacy
• mores
• subculture
• subsociety

culture

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verb

as in to cultivate

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

culture bacteria in laboratory dishes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cultivate
• grow
• promote
• plant
• produce
• harvest
• tend
• raise
• dress
• breed
• crop
• propagate
• rear
• sow
• reap
• root
• gather
• glean
• sprout
• germinate
• ripen
• quicken

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• kill
• pull (up)
• pick
• dig
• cut
• hay
• uproot
• extirpate
• pluck
• mow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of culture

Noun

Carney has defended those protections as fundamental to Canadian culture. — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

The festival is a multidisciplinary celebration of independent film, music, art, and culture taking place across Lower Manhattan, with the film program anchored at Roxy Cinema in Tribeca. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026

Verb

Every meaningful career, and every company culture worth having, runs on that sentence. — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Sarhan and his colleagues cultured live yeast from the samples, but their shotgun metagenomics results also revealed a bunch of short fragments of DNA, most bearing the kind of damage that happens when DNA molecules break down over time. — ArsTechnica, 6 June 2026