uncivilized
/ʌnˈsɪvəlaɪzd/ adjective
Forms uncivilised
- adjective Not having developed a civilization. “The explorers wrote about the so-called uncivilized tribes.”
- adjective Crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured. “utterly uncivilized”
- adjective Lacking good manners. “uncivilized behavior”
Synonyms
barbaric pagan uncultivated animalistic barbarian barbarious barbarous brutal brutish Gothic Gothlike grim heathen heathenish heathenly heathenous incivil savage tenebrose truculent uncivilised wild
Etymology
From un- + civilized.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “uncivilized”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details