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Another word for barbarian

Noun

  1. An unrefined, rude person

    2. See also:

    good

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Another word for barbarian

Modifier

  1. Uncivilized

    2. See also:

    primitive

  2. Savage

    3. See also:

    cruel

Another word for barbarian

Noun

  1. An uncivilized person

  2. A brute

    3. See also:

    beast

  3. A foreigner

    4. See also:

    alien

Synonym Study

  • Savage implies a more primitive civilization than barbarian and connotes great fierceness and cruelty a savage inquisition
  • barbarous warfare
  • Barbarous connotes cruelty and brutality regarded as characteristic of primitive people
  • Barbaric suggests crudeness and lack of restraint regarded as characteristic of primitive peoples barbaric splendor
  • Barbarian basically refers to a civilization or people regarded as primitive, either without further connotation barbarian tribes or with the implication of lack of cultivation and refinement or of brutishness
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Sentence Examples

  • That barbarian has dishonored you and my family!

  • "The barbarian can read," he assessed.

  • She had forgotten he was a barbarian like the others after all he'd done to save her.

  • He is a barbarian to others and they to him, since they cannot understand what is spoken by him.

  • On the decline of the Roman empire Vindobona became the prey of successive barbarian invaders.

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