CULTURES Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

cultures 1 of 2

noun

plural of culture

as in civilizations

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

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verb

present tense third-person singular of culture

as in grows

to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care culture bacteria in laboratory dishes

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Noun

Those cultures, which take about two weeks to complete, will determine whether live bacteria capable of causing illness were present in the samples. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 11 July 2026 As organizations expand across borders, cultures, and time zones, leadership challenges have become far more complex than simply managing people in different locations. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 Once the oil capital of the world, Oklahoma's second-biggest city now offers a blend of global cultures and heartland charm. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026 So the mixing of cultures, cuisine and basketball has begun in earnest. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026 The drugs are also being diverted for purely aesthetic use, accelerating abuse within problematic diet cultures. — Max Moser, STAT, 9 July 2026 Because spoken words disappear as soon as they’re uttered, oral cultures value repetition to aid memory. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 Many have worked and trained alongside each other for years, forming bonds that transcend cultures and languages. — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026 Rooms have been built, pottery has been made, and families have been raised on these cliffs as people of different cultures came and went. — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026

Verb

The program gives team members the chance to experience different roles, properties, and cultures first-hand, building skills and strengthening connections across the region, and—in the process—strengthening the company’s cross-cultural bonds. — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025

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Noun

The fraction of civilizations that choose to communicate via radio.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 July 2026
Advertisement Across civilizations and centuries, the instruction is remarkably consistent.

— Arianna Huffington, Time, 29 June 2026

Definition of civilizations

Verb

Launch-site capacity and the pace at which regulators can license new launches are constrained the same way; each of these resources grows scarcer as the industry grows more crowded and the largest players lock up their share.

— Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
As the sun grows lighter, its gravitational grip weakens, pushing the surviving planets outward into a wider orbit that could double their distance from the star, according to NASA.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of grows

Noun

Furthermore, modern sedentary lifestyles mean fundamental human movements are chronically undertrained, contributing directly to systemic stiffness and physical burnout.

— Ginger Gentile, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
During the pandemic era, people started to gravitate toward healthier lifestyles.

— Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Definition of lifestyles

Verb

Contributing to victories — and a historic no-hitter in Arlington — cultivates confidence.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 July 2026
What matters is transmitting some portion of your financial legacy in a manner that fosters and cultivates your most important values and hopes for the future.

— Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of cultivates

Noun

But even as democratic governments have become more proficient and more technologically adept at thwarting terrorists, some in our societies have become insensitive, or even callous, about the civilizational consequences of terror and violence.

— Anne Neuberger, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Many industrial societies are facing aging populations, tightening labor markets and growing shortages of skilled workers.

— Arungalai Anbarasu, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of societies

Verb

There are two levels of HyperSmooth available, standard and Boost, the latter of which crops into the frame a little more tightly to handle especially bumpy scenes.

— Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 11 June 2026
When a user uploads a photo, the algorithm locates the bee, crops the image and compares it to our database.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2025

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