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CIVILIZING Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word civilizing. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For CIVILIZING

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backward
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• directed or facing toward the back or rear

• (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature

adverb

• at or to or toward the back or rear

• in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

• in or to or toward a past time

adjective satellite

• retarded in intellectual development

• having made less than normal progress

barbaric
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• without civilizing influences

• unrestrained and crudely rich

primitive
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

• a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

• a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

adjective satellite

• belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

• little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

• used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies

• of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

rude
adjectiveadj
adjective

• lacking civility or good manners

adjective satellite

• socially incorrect in behavior

• (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

• (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes

• belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

savage
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• a member of an uncivilized people

• a cruelly rapacious person

adjective satellite

• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

• wild and menacing

• without civilizing influences

• marked by extreme and violent energy

verb

• attack brutally and fiercely

• criticize harshly or violently

uncivilized
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• without civilizing influences

uncouth
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

uncultivated
adjectiveadj
adjective

• (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops

adjective satellite

• (of persons) lacking art or knowledge

• characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes

uncultured
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• (of persons) lacking art or knowledge

wild
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

• in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated

noun

• a wild primitive state untouched by civilization

• a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition

adverb

• in an uncontrolled and rampant manner

• in a wild or undomesticated manner

adjective satellite

• in a state of extreme emotion

• deviating widely from an intended course

• (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud

• without a basis in reason or fact

• talking or behaving irrationally

• involving risk or danger

• fanciful and unrealistic; foolish

• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

• intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with

• without civilizing influences

• (of the elements) as if showing violent anger

Alternatives for BACKWARD

Alternatives for BARBARIC

Alternatives for PRIMITIVE

Alternatives for RUDE

Alternatives for SAVAGE

Alternatives for UNCIVILIZED

Alternatives for UNCOUTH

Alternatives for UNCULTIVATED

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