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uncultivated

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of uncultivated

1 existing without human habitation or cultivation

  • miles of uncultivated land that had never been touched by a plow or an ax
Synonyms of uncultivated

natural, untamed, virgin, wild
Words Related to uncultivated

native

uninhabited, unpeopled, unsettled

overgrown, spontaneous, untended

waste

undeveloped

desolate, forlorn, howling
Near Antonyms of uncultivated

inhabited

developed

seminatural
Antonyms of uncultivated

cultivated, tamed

2 lacking in refinement or good taste

  • an uncultivated and ignorant philistine who cared only about money
Synonyms of uncultivated

coarse, common, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, illiberal [archaic], incult, insensible, low, lowbred, lowbrow, raffish, rough, rough-hewn, roughneck, rude, rugged, tasteless, uncouth, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar
Words Related to uncultivated

boorish, churlish, cloddish, clownish, loutish, ungentlemanly

clumsy, lubberly, lumpish, oafish

inconsiderate, indelicate, insensitive, thoughtless

countrified (also countryfied), provincial, rustic (also rustical), unsophisticated

graceless, inelegant, tacky

animallike, barbaric, barbarous, uncivilized

mannerless, unmannered, unmannerly
Near Antonyms of uncultivated

aristocratic, courtly, patrician

elegant, graceful, restrained

considerate, gracious, sensitive, thoughtful

citified, sophisticated, urbane
Antonyms of uncultivated

civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polished, refined, smooth, tasteful, ultrarefined, well-bred

3 not civilized

  • an uncultivated age when people lived just to meet their day-to-day needs
Synonyms of uncultivated

barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, heathen, heathenish, natural, Neanderthal (or Neandertal), rude, savage, uncivil, uncivilized, wild
Words Related to uncultivated

coarse, crude, primitive, rough

uncouth, uncultured
Near Antonyms of uncultivated

cultured, enlightened, humane, sophisticated

genteel, polished, polite, refined, urbane, well-bred

semicivilized
Antonyms of uncultivated

civilized

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