Nouns (1)
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Philistine
n. a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
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Adjectives (1)
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Philistine
adj. of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people
Fuzzynyms (43)
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savage, barbarian
n. a member of an uncivilized people
peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike
n. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon
n. a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
klutz
n. (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt
barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild
adj. without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"
boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish
adj. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
adj. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
uneducated
adj. not having a good education
ignorant, nescient, unlearned, unlettered
adj. uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"
unenlightened
adj. not enlightened; ignorant; "the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order"
unrefined
adj. (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"
Synonyms (4)
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lowbrow, lowbrowed, uncultivated
adj. characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes; "lowbrow tastes"
mindless
adj. requiring little mental effort; "mindless tasks"
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