Philistine Synonyms

fĭlĭ-stēn, fĭ-lĭstĭn, -tēn
An unrefined, rude person
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. conformist
  2. barbarian
  3. boor
  4. conventionalist
  5. chuff
  6. anti-intellectual
  7. churl
  8. vulgarian
  9. pedant
  10. yahoo!
  11. lowbrow
Smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. anti-intellectual

Words Related to Philistine

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. follower
  2. good
  3. sycophant
  4. israelite
  5. canaanites
  6. midianites
  7. ammonites
  8. assyrians
  9. amalekites
  10. edomites
  11. moabites
  12. edom
  13. judah
  14. assyria
  15. amalek
  16. Chalde'ans
  17. chaldeans
  18. babylonians

Philistine Sentence Examples

  • The trophy was set up in the Philistine temple of Ashdod, but vindicated its superiority by overthrowing the god Dagon.

  • The punishment of Eli and his sons (iv.) becomes a passing interest, and the fate of the ark is by no means so central an idea as its wonder-working in the Philistine territory.

  • His flight northwards to the Philistine king of Gath (xxvii.) is hardly connected with the preceding situations in xxiv.

  • Ashdod, Ammon, Moab and Edom now submitted, but Hezekiah of Judah with the dependent Philistine princes.

  • What can you say to a Philistine who's into Phil Collins and Dire Straits and other such frivolity?

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