cultural

[kuhl-cher-uhl] / ˈkʌl tʃər əl /

ADJECTIVE

educational, enlightening

Synonyms

STRONGEST

artistic developmental

WEAK

adorning advancing beautifying beneficial broadening civilizing constructive corrective dignifying disciplining edifying educative elevating ennobling enriching expanding glorifying helpful humane humanizing influential inspirational instructive learned liberal liberalizing nurturing ornamenting polishing promoting raising refined refining regenerative socializing stimulating uplifting widening

Example Sentences

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Now it's become a "cultural capital of the world" and a "really progressive" place, he says, with a prominent gay community.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

But no one before or since has fallen into paroxysms of indignant rage over the alleged vapidity of middlebrow cultural efforts quite like Macdonald.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

These social and cultural advances have allowed humans to reshape the planet on a massive scale while improving their ability to survive and thrive.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

Less risky, it seems, is Sheinbaum’s conciliatory outreach to Spain, a country that has long enjoyed close cultural and economic ties to Mexico — home to the world’s largest Spanish-speaking population.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

He’s making a cultural reference that she’s ignorant of again, she’s sure.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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