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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Most CAG-170 bacteria cannot yet be cultured this way.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2026

Are you watching a more cultured, possession-based style now than you did 10 or 20 years ago - or are you watching your team play without the drive and commitment of years gone by?

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

He instructed Harnett to select from among Abbe’s own possessions for the still life, and Harnett chose objects that reveal the comfortable, cultured aspects of his client’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

As written, the recipe needs nothing more than a generous swipe of cultured butter and a plate of soft scrambled eggs, maybe a rasher of bacon if you’re feeling traditional.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2025

Lying on the cot in the honey house, though, all I could think was August is so intelligent, so cultured, and I was surprised by this.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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