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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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"They took bees back and growed them in the lab, they cultured all the pollen, the wax, and many, many things."

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

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

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

Someone instructs you to tear off pieces and dip them in the accompanying guava and plantain chutneys, silky chickpea curry and punchy pepper jelly, pooled around a peninsula of tangy cultured butter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 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

I wanted to charge downstairs and make a scene—show myself to be rough and uncivil, the complete opposite of the cultured and obedient housewife that Ba aimed to portray.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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