cultures

NOUN

breeding, education, sophistication

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ability art civilization experience fashion perception practice science skill

STRONG

accomplishment address capacity class courtesy cultivation delicacy dignity discrimination dress elegance elevation enlightenment erudition finish gentility grace improvement kindness learning manners nobility polish politeness proficiency refinement savoir-faire tact training urbanity

WEAK

aestheticism good taste

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorance inability inexperience

STRONG

bad manners clumsiness coarseness crudeness harm hurt impoliteness incompetence inelegance ineptness roughness rudeness tactlessness

NOUN

ideas, values of a people

Synonyms

STRONGEST

civilization development folklore habit knowledge lifestyle society way of life

STRONG

convention customs ethnology grounding humanism mores

WEAK

arts and sciences folkways the arts

NOUN

development of land

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agriculture

STRONG

agrology agronomy cultivation farming gardening raising tending

WEAK

agronomics

Example Sentences

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Spence views the chili debate as a way of bringing together two companies’ cultures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026

This expansionist push brought these cultures into new confluence and conflict.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

Additional testing was performed using three-dimensional tumor spheroid models, which more closely resemble real tumors than standard cell cultures.

From Science Daily • Jun. 29, 2026

“I did this because John has a proven track record of building and maintaining winning baseball cultures, and my goal is to bring that here to the Angels.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026

In closing I want to add clothing is cultural, and Muslims belong to ALL cultures of the world.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali