philistine 1 of 2
noun
as in lowbrow
a person who is chiefly interested in material comfort and is hostile or indifferent to art and culture the town's philistines who think that spending on the arts is a waste of taxpayers' money Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- lowbrow
- materialist
- capitalist
- bastard
- clown
- rat
- jerk
- plutocrat
- boor
- cretin
- rotter
- cad
- creep
- lout
- scumbag
- bounder
- dirtbag
- chuff
- boob
- scum
- heel
- joker
- louse
- fink
- Babbitt
- cur
- churl
- crud
- rat fink
- crumb
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- highbrow
- intellectual
- middlebrow
- thinker
- genius
- sage
- brain
philistine
2 of 2adjective
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as in utilitarian
Synonyms & Similar Words
- utilitarian
- pragmatic
- hardheaded
- practical
- sound
- cynical
- rational
- unromantic
- realistic
- earthy
- misanthropic
- logical
- pragmatical
- sensible
- sane
- reasonable
- unsentimental
- commonsensical
- idealless
- matter-of-fact
- pessimistic
- disillusioned
- levelheaded
- sobersided
- sober
- grounded
- down-to-earth
- skeptical
- no-nonsense
- suspicious
- mistrustful
- hard-edged
- hard-boiled
- distrustful
- tough-minded
- bottom-line
- hard
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- idealistic
- utopian
- impractical
- visionary
- sentimental
- unrealistic
- imaginative
- romantic
- fanciful
- irrational
- fantastical
- optimistic
- unreasonable
- fantastic
- illogical
- cheerful
- insane
- theoretical
- blue-sky
- trusting
- theoretic
- trustful
- half-baked
- unsuspicious
- rose-colored
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as in materialistic
Synonyms & Similar Words
- materialistic
- avaricious
- acquisitive
- miserly
- moneygrubbing
- mercenary
- avid
- covetous
- rapacious
- greedy
- eager
- coveting
- egocentric
- grasping
- gluttonous
- desirous
- commercialistic
- ravenous
- superficial
- lickerish
- insatiable
- egotistical
- egoistical
- grabby
- voracious
- shallow
- egotistic
- surface
- egoistic
- malcontent
- itchy
- unquenchable
- devouring
- discontented
- self-centered
- discontent
- unsatisfied
- gobbling
- skin-deep
- self-seeking
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- liberal
- generous
- magnanimous
- charitable
- altruistic
- munificent
- handsome
- unselfish
- selfless
- unsparing
- bountiful
- moderate
- controlled
- bounteous
- nonmaterialistic
- content
- restrained
- temperate
- openhearted
- satisfied
- sated
- openhanded
- freehanded
- greathearted
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as in uncultured
Synonyms & Similar Words
- uncultured
- lowbrow
- semiliterate
- artless
- ignorant
- unknowledgeable
- uneducated
- naive
- benighted
- callow
- unsophisticated
- untutored
- illiterate
- innumerate
- uncultivated
- unschooled
- inexperienced
- unlettered
- naïve
- functionally illiterate
- imbecile
- nonliterate
- untaught
- green
- uninstructed
- witless
- unlearned
- moronic
- idiotic
- unskilled
- unread
- stupid
- rude
- brainless
- untrained
- innocent
- dumb
- imbecilic
- foolish
- analphabetic
- dark
- silly
- simple
- senseless
- idiotical
- raw
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- literate
- knowledgeable
- educated
- intelligent
- brilliant
- expert
- schooled
- intellectual
- smart
- experienced
- lettered
- highbrow
- erudite
- trained
- scholarly
- cultured
- well-read
- well-informed
- learned
- aware
- sophisticated
- familiar
- polymathic
- cultivated
- polymath
- acquainted
- polyhistoric
- leather jack
- leather lake
- leather mouse
- leather paper
- leather rot
- leather star
- leather turtle
- leather-hard
- leather-headed
- leather-lunged
- leather-winged
- leather-winged bat
- leatherback
- leatherbacks
- leatherbark
- leatherboard
- leathercloth
- leathercoat
- leathered
- leatherer
- leatherest
- leatherette
- leatherettes
- leatherfish
- leatherflower