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Definitions

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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Someone instructs you to tear off pieces and dip them in the accompanying guava and plantain chutneys, silky chickpea curry and punchy pepper jelly, pooled around a peninsula of tangy cultured butter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 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

They added liquid solutions containing each metabolite to cultured human skin cells.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

In experiments using cultured human cells, the team found that these GSH-DNA adducts build up in mtDNA at levels up to 80 times higher than in nuclear DNA.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2025

Her words were cultured, exquisite in her mouth, clipped and close and precise.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.