Antonyms for vulgar
ˈvʌl gərvul·gar

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1. vulgaradjective

   Debased, uncouth, distasteful, obscene.

   Synonyms:
   uncouth, inappropriate, obscene, debased, offensive

2. vulgaradjective

   Having to do with ordinary, common people.

   Synonyms:
   common, popular, ordinary

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. vulgar

   Antonyms:
   alarming, appalling, august, awful, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, frightful, grand, horrible, imposing, majestic, noble, portentous, shocking, solemn, stately, terrible, terrific

   Synonyms:
   base, beggarly, commonplace, contemptible, despicable, humble, inferior, lowly, mean, paltry, undignified

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vulgar

   Antonyms:
   strict, scientific, philosophical, restricted, technical, accurate, patrician, select, choice, cultivated, refined, polite, high-bred, stylish, aristocratic

   Synonyms:
   popular, general, loose, ordinary, public, vernacular, plebeian, uncultivated, unrefined, low, mean, coarse, underbred

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1. coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgaradjective

   lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

   "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"

   Antonyms:
   formal, noble, refined, decent

   Synonyms:
   usual, coarse, rough-cut, vernacular, mutual, unwashed, uncouth, crude, earthy, gross, roughhewn, plebeian, common, harsh

2. common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashedadjective

   of or associated with the great masses of people

   "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"

   Antonyms:
   decent, formal, noble, refined

   Synonyms:
   usual, coarse, vernacular, mutual, unwashed, uncouth, crude, earthy, common, plebeian, rough-cut, gross

3. common, vernacular, vulgaradjective

   being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

   "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"

   Antonyms:
   refined, decent, noble, formal

   Synonyms:
   usual, coarse, vernacular, mutual, unwashed, uncouth, crude, earthy, common, plebeian, rough-cut, gross

4. crude, earthy, gross, vulgaradjective

   conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

   "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"

   Antonyms:
   noble, decent, formal, refined

   Synonyms:
   rough, plebeian, gross, rank, coarse, perfect(a), consummate(a), unadulterated, raw, primitive, common, flagrant, arrant(a), porcine, crying(a), unwashed, staring(a), sodding(a), megascopic, unrefined, rough-cut, glaring, crude(a), rude, crude, complete(a), gross(a), egregious, double-dyed(a), stark(a), vernacular, pure(a), unprocessed, uncouth, blunt, everlasting(a), down-to-earth, earthy, thoroughgoing(a), utter(a)

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1. vulgaradjective

   Antonyms:
   refined, dainty, pure, chaste

   Synonyms:
   unrefined, plebeian, ignoble, low-born, coarse, inelegant, ribald, risque, broad, gross

How to use vulgar in a sentence?

1. Hilaire Belloc:

   Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.

2. Kelvin Cochran:

   Naked men refuse to give in, so they pursue sexual fulfillment through multiple partners, with the opposite sex, the same sex, and sex outside of marriage and many other vile, vulgar and inappropriate ways which defile their body – temple and dishonor God. i did not single out homosexuality.

3. Oscar Wilde:

   As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascinations. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

4. Bernie Sanders:

   Frankly, it is vulgar to me that we're having a war of billionaires.

5. Aristophanes:

   You have all the characteristics of a popular politician a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

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