barbarian

[ bahr-bair-ee-uhn ]
/ bɑrˈbɛər i ən /

noun

adjective

uncivilized; crude; savage.
foreign; alien.

Origin of barbarian

1540–50; < Latin barbari(a) barbarous country (see barbarous, -ia) + -an

SYNONYMS FOR barbarian

3 alien.
6 rude, primitive, wild, rough, barbaric, coarse, ignorant, uncultivated.

ANTONYMS FOR barbarian

6 cultivated, civilized.

synonym study for barbarian

6. Barbarian, barbaric, barbarous pertain to uncivilized people. Barbarian is the general word for anything uncivilized: a barbarian tribe. Barbaric has both unfavorable and mildly favorable connotations, implying crudeness of taste or practice, or conveying an idea of rude magnificence and splendor: barbaric noise. Barbarous emphasizes the inhumanity and cruelty of barbarian life: barbarous customs.

OTHER WORDS FROM barbarian

bar·bar·i·an·ism, noun half-bar·bar·i·an, adjective non·bar·bar·i·an, adjective, noun

Words nearby barbarian

barbados aloe, barbados earth, barbados gooseberry, barbados pride, barbara, barbarian, barbarianize, barbaric, barbarism, barbarity, barbarize

British Dictionary definitions for barbarianism

barbarian
/ (bɑːˈbɛərɪən) /

noun

a member of a primitive or uncivilized people
a coarse, insensitive, or uncultured person
a vicious person

adjective

of an uncivilized culture
insensitive, uncultured, or brutal

Derived forms of barbarian

barbarianism, noun

Word Origin for barbarian

C16: see barbarous