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The Meaning of barbarian

  • (n.) A foreigner.
  • (n.) A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state.
  • (n.) A person destitute of culture.
  • (n.) A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity.
  • (a.) Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.

Synonyms

tyke , peasant , brute , savage , wildcat , beast , wolf , churl , boor , tike , skinflint , nestling , crank , kid , bucolic , nipper , tiddler , small fry , crosspatch , child , shaver , provincial , grouch , niggard , youngster , fry , grump , scrooge , minor , raging , brutal , gaga , violent , dotty , untamed , unfounded , ferocious , fierce , cruel , tempestuous , fell , roughshod , ferine , godforsaken , uncivilised , hazardous , uncivilized , waste , baseless , risky , angry , idle , wild , fantastic , groundless , feral , vicious , crazy , raving mad , barbaric , furious , unwarranted , barbarous , atrocious , merciless , rude , uncouth , inhuman , noncivilized , noncivilised

Antonyms

civilised , civilized , cultured , elegant , humane , polite , urbane , tender , courtly , delicate , graceful , nice , refined

Rhymes

aerien , agrarian , authoritarian , bagdasarian , bavarian , berrian , berrien , bilzerian , bulgarian , carrian , carrion , centenarian , clarion , contrarian , darien , disciplinarian , egalitarian , eskandarian , humanitarian , hungarian , kazarian , kerien , lauretarian , libertarian , librarian , magarian , marian , marion , markarian , merion , najarian , nonsectarian , octogenarian , ovarian , parliamentarian , planarian , proletarian , sectarian , seminarian , septuagenarian , skenderian , terrien , totalitarian , unitarian , utilitarian , varian , vegetarian , veterinarian , wagnerian , zakarian