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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The project brings together a coalition of ecologists, community growers, transport authorities, cultural institutions, football clubs and residents who will work together on conservation efforts along the 14-mile stretch.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Ternus is already a keeper of the company’s cultural flame.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Between cultural anxiety and economic critique, fish has become more than a staple; it is now shorthand for everything the rivals say is at stake.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

You might have assumed that America’s intellectuals would have been overjoyed at this postwar cultural leveling up, but not all were.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

“Um, excuse you, but Harry Potter is a cultural phenomenon.”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

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