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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Under current procedures, urine samples must be cultured overnight so bacteria can grow before doctors can identify them and test antibiotics.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

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

From Salon • Feb. 18, 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

Tycho Nestoris had impressed him as cultured and courteous, but the Iron Bank of Braavos had a fearsome reputation when collecting debts.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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