Synonyms for cultured
ˈkʌl tʃərdcul·tured

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1. culturedadjective

   Synonyms:
   cultivated

   Antonyms:
   uncultured

2. culturedadjective

   Learned in the ways of civilized society; civilized; refined.

   Synonyms:
   cultivated

   Antonyms:
   uncultured

3. culturedadjective

   Artificially developed.

   Synonyms:
   cultivated

   Antonyms:
   uncultured

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1. cultured

   A civil person observes such propriety of speech and manner as to avoid being rude; one who is polite (literally polished) observes more than the necessary proprieties, conforming to all that is graceful, becoming, and thoughtful in the intercourse of refined society. A man may be civil with no consideration for others, simply because self-respect forbids him to be rude; but one who is polite has at least some care for the opinions of others, and if polite in the highest and truest sense, which is coming to be the prevailing one, he cares for the comfort and happiness of others in the smallest matters. Civil is a colder and more distant word than polite; courteous is fuller and richer, dealing often with greater matters, and is used only in the good sense. Courtly suggests that which befits a royal court, and is used of external grace and stateliness without reference to the prompting feeling; as, the courtly manners of the ambassador. Genteel refers to an external elegance, which may be showy and superficial, and the word is thus inferior to polite or courteous. Urbane refers to a politeness that is genial and successful in giving others a sense of ease and cheer. Polished refers to external elegancies of speech and manner without reference to spirit or purpose; as, a polished gentleman or a polished scoundrel; cultured refers to a real and high development of mind and soul, of which the external manifestation is the smallest part. Complaisant denotes a disposition to please or favor beyond what politeness would necessarily require.

   Synonyms:
   accomplished, civil, complaisant, courteous, courtly, cultivated, elegant, genteel, gracious, obliging, polished, polite, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered

   Antonyms:
   awkward, bluff, blunt, boorish, brusk, clownish, coarse, discourteous, ill-behaved, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, impudent, insolent, insulting, raw, rude, rustic, uncivil, uncouth, unmannerly, unpolished, untaught, untutored

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1. civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, politeadjective

   marked by refinement in taste and manners

   "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

   Synonyms:
   civilised, civil, genteel, cultivated, polite, civilized

   Antonyms:
   unrefined

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1. culturedadjective

   Synonyms:
   refined, educated, enlightened

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1. List of paraphrases for "cultured":

   cultivated, grown, farmed, cropped, husbandry

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How to use cultured in a sentence?

1. Mohamed Ghadban:

   Abadi is a cultured man and a conciliatory politician, but he also brought us austerity.

2. Getty Images:

   The DNA from the somatic cell starts behaving like the DNA of an embryo, once activated, they are cultured in a lab for seven to eight days before being transferred to the uterus of a surrogate mother.

3. John Lynch:

   Some studies have suggested that cultured meat may require less of a 'feed' source than conventional livestock production, but require more energy. If this is the case, then their impact on the climate will depend on where this energy comes from.

4. Pablo Picasso:

   If everybody is looking for it, then nobody is finding it. If we were cultured, we would not be conscious of lacking culture. We would regard it as something natural and would not make so much fuss about it. And if we knew the real value of this word we would be cultured enough not to give it so much importance.

5. Jan Smuts:

   Nazism ... destroys the very soul of our civilization ... I have not taken the same grave view of Bolshevism, for it never was clear to me that Bolshevism, in spite of its brutalities and cruelties, really threatened the essentials of our ethical civilization. And after all it was a revolution of a semi-barbarous people against a rotten government and an effete church. Nazi-ism in highly cultured Germany is a very different affair.