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cultured

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈkʌlt͡ʃɚd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkʌlt͡ʃəd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH1 L CH ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Learned in the ways of civilized society; civilized; refined.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • cultured students
  • cultured men
  • cultured person

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Artificially developed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • cultured voice
  • cultured plant

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of culture

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

marked by refinement in taste and manners

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • cultivated speech
  • cultured Bostonians
  • cultured tastes
  • a genteel old lady
  • polite society

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: civilized, civilised, cultivated, genteel, polite

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُثَقَّف (muṯaqqaf) — civilized; refined
  • Armenian: բարեկիրթ (barekirtʻ) — civilized; refined
  • Armenian: կուլտուրական (kulturakan) — civilized; refined
  • Bulgarian: културен (kulturen) — civilized; refined
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有教养的 — civilized; refined
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文明的 — civilized; refined
  • Czech: kultivovaný — civilized; refined
  • Czech: kulturní — civilized; refined
  • Czech: vzdělaný — civilized; refined
  • Finnish: sivistynyt — civilized; refined
  • French: cultivé — civilized; refined
  • German: gebildet — civilized; refined
  • Hebrew: תרבותי (tarbutí) — civilized; refined
  • Hebrew: מתורבת (meturbát) — civilized; refined
  • Hindi: सभ्य (sabhya) — civilized; refined
  • Latin: cultus — civilized; refined
  • Portuguese: culto — civilized; refined
  • Romanian: cultivat — civilized; refined
  • Romanian: învățat — civilized; refined
  • Russian: культу́рный (kulʹtúrnyj) — civilized; refined
  • Russian: интеллиге́нтный (intelligéntnyj) — civilized; refined
  • Russian: образо́ванный (obrazóvannyj) — civilized; refined
  • Slovak: kultivovaný — civilized; refined
  • Slovak: kultúrny — civilized; refined
  • Slovak: vzdelaný — civilized; refined
  • Spanish: docto — civilized; refined
  • Spanish: culto — civilized; refined
  • Spanish: cultoso — civilized; refined
  • Spanish: culturoso — civilized; refined
  • Spanish: cultureta — civilized; refined
  • Spanish: culturizado — civilized; refined
  • Spanish: pulcro — civilized; refined
  • Spanish: culterano — civilized; refined
  • Bulgarian: култивиран (kultiviran) — artificially developed
  • Finnish: jalostettu — artificially developed
  • Finnish: viljelty — artificially developed
  • Finnish: hapatettu — artificially developed
  • French: cultivé — artificially developed
  • Galician: cultivado — artificially developed
  • German: kultiviert — artificially developed
  • Italian: coltivato — artificially developed
  • Portuguese: cultivado — artificially developed
  • Russian: культиви́рованный (kulʹtivírovannyj) — artificially developed
  • Spanish: cultivado — artificially developed
  • Spanish: culturado — artificially developed
Real reading context

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