Crude synonyms
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Recently finished; fresh:
in the rough
Unrefined
roughhewn
Alternative form of rough-hewn.
Lacking knowledge (in a particular area or matter)
(Archaic) Not known or familiar; strange
refined (antonym)
Characterized by great subtlety, precision, etc.
gentle (antonym)
Suited to one of good breeding; refined and polite:
Occurring in nature pure or uncombined with other substances:
Not processed
Complete or utter; extreme:
Simple and natural; hearty
primitive (related)
Characterized by simplicity or crudity; unsophisticated:
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Without artificiality; simple; natural
Of, being, or serving as a starting point or basis:
The definition of callow is someone or something immature.
Charging low prices:
Obscene or indecent:
Morally detestable; wicked:
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Lacking grace or social polish; awkward or tactless.
Unpleasantly sharp or rough
(Geol.) Worn down only slightly by erosion, as a land surface having steeply entrenched stream valleys that lack well-developed flood plains
Not polite; discourteous.
Inept:
Lacking taste or interest in art.
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Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
incondite
Badly constructed; crude.
incult
Lacking culture; unrefined
inelaborate
Not elaborate; crude; unfinished.
Not suitable to the purpose; unfit
Southey
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(Biology) characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium
Sexually aroused; amorous; lustful
With dishonorable, base and vulgar expression.
Requiring muscular energy rather than skill or intelligence
Having or showing little skill or development; primitive
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Having a rough or textured appearance; rusticated. Used of masonry.
Lacking polish; crude; rude
Not cultured or cultivated:
Not having received special processing, such as dyeing or varnishing:
Not elaborated, perfected, or completed:
(Of a person) lacking refinement; uncouth
Unskilled; inexpert.
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Not complex, refined, developed, etc.
Crudely indecent:
The condition or quality of being crude
An awkward or tactless act, manner, or expression.
impoliteness
The state of being impolite; incivility; rudeness.
An inept act, remark, etc.
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primitivity
The state of being primitive; primitiveness
rusticity
The condition of being rustic.
formal (antonym)
Having the outward appearance but lacking in substance:
stilted (antonym)
Stiff and artificially formal
sophisticated (antonym)
Very complex or complicated:
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tasteful (antonym)
Pleasing in flavor; tasty.
nice (antonym)
Used as an intensive with and :
Brutal or cruel:
Like or characteristic of a boor; rude; awkward; ill-mannered
The definition of coarse is something that has large particles, poor quality, a rough texture or something that is in bad taste.
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Not thoroughbred; underbred. Used of animals.
Far from civilization
Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation.
clean (related)
Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated:
smooth (related)
Having no obstructions or difficulties:
good (related)
Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.
Having a dull edge or end; not sharp.
A thick, flammable, yellow-to-black mixture of gaseous, liquid, and solid hydrocarbons that occurs naturally beneath the Earth's surface. It can be separated into fractions including natural gas, gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, paraffin wax, asphalt, and fuel and lubricating oils, and is used as raw material for a wide variety of derivative products. It is believed to originate from the accumulated remains of fossil plants and animals, especially in shallow marine environments.
Unrefined petroleum.
Crude oil
Oil is a slippery liquid that comes from minerals as well as animal and vegetable fat.
unboiled
Not boiled
simplistic (related)
crudely (related)
one-sided (related)
clumsy (related)
in a raw state
Unrefined
(Informal) Very friendly; intimate:
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
Not yet developed to maturity:
Roughly or hastily laid out; intended for later refinement.
Difficult to move or use; unwieldy.
finished (antonym)
In a state of having completed something:
awkward (related)
Difficult to effect; uncomfortable:
Cruel; barbarous
Find another word for crude. In this page you can discover 103 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for crude, like: raw, undeveloped, in the rough, roughhewn, ignorant, uncouth, plebeianism, refined, gentle, native and unprocessed.