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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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The French brasserie with paper-thin radishes, good cultured butter and a pinch of flaky salt.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 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

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

Within days they found that HeLa was, in fact, more susceptible to the virus than any cultured cells had ever been.

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