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

2 of 2

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

The collapse of the Gulf pearling industry — which began in the late 1920s on the arrival of cheaper Japanese cultured pearls — brought widespread poverty to the region, until the discovery of oil shortly after. — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 15 July 2026

Olmo’s deftness of touch to set up Porro for Spain’s second goal epitomised Spain’s cultured performance on the ball, but the fact that Spain’s performance was not always aesthetically pleasing will arguably please De la Fuente more. — Mark Carey, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Verb

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