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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Spanish restaurants, cafes and cultural centers abound throughout Mexico, a major tourist destination for Spaniards — just as many Mexicans visit Spain.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

So you put all those things together and you end up with a real cultural phenomenon.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

As a teenager, Sen made his debut on Park Street - the city's swinging cultural hub - performing at the San Souci Theatre.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“I was navigating feelings of grief and shame in the wreckage, and in the wake of a very incendiary cultural moment,” Raicek said, referring to #MeToo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Let us now look at this portrait in its larger historical and cultural context.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

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