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cultured

[kuhl-cherd] / ˈkʌl tʃərd /

ADJECTIVE

well-bred, experienced

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accomplished civilized cultivated educated enlightened erudite genteel intelligent knowledgeable literate polite refined sophisticated tolerant urbane

STRONG

advanced informed lettered polished traveled understanding versed

WEAK

able aesthetic appreciative au courant blue-stocking chivalrous courteous distingue elegant gallant high-class highbrow intellectual liberal literary mannerly savant scholarly sensitive tasteful up-to-date well-informed

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorant rude stupid uncivilized uncultured uneducated uninformed unrefined unsophisticated

WEAK

inexperienced

Example Sentences

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"They took bees back and growed them in the lab, they cultured all the pollen, the wax, and many, many things."

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Maybe it’s a drizzle of special vinegar, a pat of cultured butter softening into gloss or a tangle of pickled vegetables with just enough bite.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

Next, the expanded cells were cultured with OP9 feeder cells to create artificial hematopoietic organoid aggregates, structures that support efficient NK lineage commitment and development.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

This makes for puckish satire of the literati and its highly cultured brand of condescension; at times the movie feels like a South American spin on a Noah Baumbach film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Without any one of those contributions, he said, the cultured cells wouldn’t exist, and neither would any money resulting from their sale.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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