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bar·bar·i·an
 barbarian
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- pronunciation:
- bar
ber
i
 n
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, adjective)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a person in a culture believed by those in another culture to be savage, primitive, or uncivilized.
The Romans fought the barbarians to the north.- synonyms:
- primitive, savage
- similar words:
- alien, cave man, foreigner, outsider, stranger, troglodyte
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| definition 2: |
a savage, brutal person.
The man who did this to you is a barbarian!- synonyms:
- boor, brute, monster, savage
- similar words:
- beast, cave man, Goth, hun, Neanderthal, ogre
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| definition 3: |
a crude, uncultured person.
You're a barbarian, shoveling food into your mouth like that!- synonyms:
- boor, bumpkin, ignoramus, lowbrow, philistine, yahoo
- similar words:
- blockhead, brute, churl, clod, dolt, hayseed, hick, lout, Neanderthal, oaf, rustic, savage, yokel
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| related words: |
boor, monster, primitive |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
having the qualities of a barbarian.
That barbarian husband of yours has no manners.- synonyms:
- barbarous, primitive, savage, uncivilized, wild
- antonyms:
- civilized
- similar words:
- beastly, bestial, boorish, brutish, coarse, cross, crude, ferocious, fierce, gross, ill-mannered, Philistine, rough, rude, ruthless, uncivil, uncouth, untamed, vicious, vulgar
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| derivation: |
barbarianism (n.) |
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