Synonyms for vulgar
ˈvʌl gərvul·gar

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

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

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

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

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

1. vulgar

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   formal, noble, refined, decent

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   decent, formal, noble, refined

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   refined, decent, noble, formal

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"

   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)

   Antonyms:
   noble, decent, formal, refined

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. osttentatious

   lacking sophistication or good taste.

   he is too vulgar for my liking

   Submitted by JP03 on October 26, 2014  

2. rudly

   disrupting the original flow

   when someone pull your arm out of socket for know apparent reason rude

   Submitted by sonya.harris75 on October 16, 2019  

3. tackiness

   lacking in any sense of taste

   today's bing feature wallpaper, just like the view outside my window, manifests extreme tackiness.

   Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vulgaradjective

   Synonyms:
   plebeian, low-born, base-born, untitled

2. vulgaradjective

   Synonyms:
   homespun, rustic, boorish, unrefined, low-bred

3. vulgaradjective

   Synonyms:
   general, common, ordinary, popular

4. vulgaradjective

   Synonyms:
   low, mean, base, gross, coarse, vile, broad

5. vulgaradjective

   Synonyms:
   unauthorized, inelegant, cant

6. vulgaradjective

   Synonyms:
   [Rare.] vernacular, native

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. vulgaradjective

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

   Antonyms:
   refined, dainty, pure, chaste

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "vulgar":

   tacky, trashy, uncivilised, rude, glorified, skanky, crude

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1. 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.

2. Francis de Sales:

   It is the mark of a mean, vulgar and ignoble spirit to dwell on the thought of food before meal times or worse to dwell on it afterwards, to discuss it and wallow in the remembered pleasures of every mouthful. Those whose minds dwell before dinner on the spit, and after on the dishes, are fit only to be scullions.

3. Mahabharata:

   Of what avail is the praise or censure of the vulgar, who make a useless noise like a senseless crow in a forest?

4. 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.

5. Bernie Sanders:

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