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Synonyms & Antonyms of lowbrow
(Entry 1 of 2)
lacking in refinement or good taste
- at office gatherings his lowbrow humor often embarrassed his coworkers
Synonyms for lowbrow
- coarse,
- common,
- crass,
- crude,
- gross,
- ill-bred,
- illiberal
- [archaic],
- incult,
- insensible,
- low,
- lowbred,
- raffish,
- rough,
- rough-hewn,
- roughneck,
- rude,
- rugged,
- tasteless,
- uncouth,
- uncultivated,
- uncultured,
- unpolished,
- unrefined,
- vulgar
Words Related to lowbrow
- countrified
- (also countryfied),
- provincial,
- rustic
- (also rustical),
- unsophisticated
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lowbrow
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of lowbrow (Entry 2 of 2)
a person who is chiefly interested in material comfort and is hostile or indifferent to art and culture
- the town's lowbrows think that the school's music program is a complete waste of taxpayers' money
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The first known use of lowbrow was in 1907
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