Synonyms of cultured

cultured 1 of 2

adjective

ˈkəl-chərd 

as in civilized

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

the most highly cultured period of the country's long history

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

cultured

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verb

past tense of culture

as in cultivated

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

culture bacteria in laboratory dishes

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cultured

Adjective

As joint capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1873 to 1918, Budapest was one of the liveliest, most cultured, and prosperous cities in Europe; that golden era saw the construction of grand boulevards and numerous splendid buildings. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026

The necklace is made up of 178 diamonds totaling about 52 carats and another seven South Sea cultured pearls. — Marta Martínez Tato, Vanity Fair, 23 July 2026

Verb

Surprisingly, the platform also yielded rare von Economo neurons, specialized cells heavily impacted by frontotemporal dementia that previously couldn’t be cultured effectively in a lab. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026

Sarhan and his colleagues cultured some of the samples, and also put some through a process called shotgun metagenomics, which involves sequencing all the bits of DNA floating around in a sample. — ArsTechnica, 6 June 2026