Synonyms for culture
ˈkʌl tʃərcul·ture

English Synonyms and Antonyms(2.00 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. culture

   Agriculture is the generic term, including at once the science, the art, and the process of supplying human wants by raising the products of the soil, and by the associated industries; farming is the practise of agriculture as a business; there may be theoretical agriculture, but not theoretical farming; we speak of the science of agriculture, the business of farming; scientific agriculture may be wholly in books; scientific farming is practised upon the land; we say an agricultural college rather than a college of farming. Farming refers to the cultivation of considerable portions of land, and the raising of the coarser crops; gardening is the close cultivation of a small area for small fruits, flowers, vegetables, etc., and while it may be done upon a farm is yet a distinct industry. Gardening in general, kitchen-gardening, the cultivation of vegetables, etc., for the household, market-gardening, the raising of the same for sale, floriculture, the culture of flowers, and horticulture, the culture of fruits, flowers, or vegetables, are all departments of agriculture, but not strictly nor ordinarily of farming; farming is itself one department of agriculture. Husbandry is a general word for any form of practical agriculture, but is now chiefly poetical. Tillage refers directly to the work bestowed upon the land, as plowing, manuring, etc.; cultivation refers especially to the processes that bring forward the crop; we speak of the tillage of the soil, the cultivation of corn; we also speak of land as in a state of cultivation, under cultivation, etc. Culture is now applied to the careful development of any product to a state of perfection, especially by care through successive generations; the choice varieties of the strawberry have been produced by wise and patient culture; a good crop in any year is the result of good cultivation.

   Synonyms:
   agriculture, cultivation, farming, floriculture, gardening, horticulture, husbandry, kitchen-gardening, market-gardening, tillage

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1. culture, civilization, civilisationnoun

   a particular society at a particular time and place

   "early Mayan civilization"

   Synonyms:
   civilization, cultivation, acculturation, polish, civilisation, finish, refinement

2. culturenoun

   the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group

   Synonyms:
   civilization, finish, acculturation, polish, civilisation, refinement, cultivation

3. acculturation, culturenoun

   all the knowledge and values shared by a society

   Synonyms:
   socialization, enculturation, civilization, assimilation, finish, socialisation, civilisation, acculturation, polish, cultivation, refinement

4. culturenoun

   (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)

   "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"

   Synonyms:
   civilization, finish, acculturation, polish, civilisation, refinement, cultivation

5. polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finishnoun

   a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

   "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad

   Synonyms:
   purification, goal, acculturation, refinement, shade, last, polish, finish, ending, coating, glossiness, cultivation, nuance, nicety, destination, civilization, finis, finishing, refining, stopping point, civilisation, elaboration, subtlety, close, gloss, conclusion, burnish, finale

6. culturenoun

   the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization

   "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"

   Synonyms:
   civilization, finish, acculturation, polish, civilisation, refinement, cultivation

7. cultureverb

   the raising of plants or animals

   "the culture of oysters"

   Synonyms:
   civilization, finish, acculturation, polish, civilisation, refinement, cultivation

8. cultureverb

   grow in a special preparation

   "the biologist grows microorganisms"

Matched Categories

1. • Attitude
   • Biology
   • Grow
   • Growth
   • Perfection
   • Taste

Dictionary of English Synonymes(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. culturenoun

   Synonyms:
   agriculture, tillage

2. culturenoun

   Synonyms:
   improvement, refinement, cultivation, civilization

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. culturenoun

   Synonyms:
   cultivation, tillage, refinement, enlightenment, education

PPDB, the paraphrase database(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "culture":

   cultural, cultures, cultivation, crop, cultura, kultur, civilisation, cropping, crops, culturing, kultura, mentality, culturally, growing, civilization

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1. Brian Walker:

   It's got a maturing audience, it's an educated audience, it's an audience that is very conversant with cafe culture, the urbanisation of food, takeaway, home delivery and it's one in which service has always been a cornerstone, and because of its isolation, McDonald's are able to measure its performance.

2. Lisa Haisha:

   Laughter is a salve. It’s the best medicine around. Poet Pablo Neruda called it “the language of the soul.” I know this to be a universal truth because I’ve seen this play out in every culture around the world. People find respite and release in laughter.

3. Gregory Bateson, "Mind and Matter":

   In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not D.N.A.

4. Andrea Pirlo:

   What I ’m talking about is actually a system or culture. I don’t mean that the level of technical skills are low. I just mean there is a cultural void that needs to be filled.

5. Mohamad Rabee Sanoufi:

   Now I've got a lot of German friends – I go to their homes and we exchange culture and cook together so I'm getting to know how Germans think, we became like family.