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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John Julius Norwich first saw Venice at the age of 16 in the company of his cultured father, who packed into their brief visit the distilled perspectives of decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The researchers then applied the imaging platform to cultured breast cancer cells, mouse tumors, and healthy tissue samples.

From Science Daily • Dec. 23, 2025

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

Without any one of those contributions, he said, the cultured cells wouldn’t exist, and neither would any money resulting from their sale.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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