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
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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

  • Idumaean or Philistine of Ascalon, Antipater had displayed the capacity of his adoptive or adopted nation for his own profit and theirs.

  • The principal Philistine tribe is indeed known in the biblical records as the Cherethims or Cretans, and the Minoan name and the cult of the Cretan Zeus were preserved at Gaza to the latest classical days.

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

  • In 1867 he determined to make for himself a haven of refuge against the invading Philistine, and bought some land on Blackdown, above Haslemere, then a secluded corner of England; here 1'Ir (afterwards Sir) James Knowles began to build him a house, ultimately named Aldworth.

  • Somewhat later the evidence becomes fuller, and much valuable light is thrown upon the part which the Philistine coast played in the political history of Palestine.

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