philistine English

Meaning philistine meaning

What does philistine mean?

philistine

— noun a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits

— adjective (= anti-intellectual) smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values

Philistine

— adjective of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people

— noun a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC

Synonyms philistine synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as philistine?

philistine English » English

anti-intellectual

lowbrow

Philistine

unmannerly

unmannered

uneducated

undignified

uncultured

uncouth

uncivilized

uncivilised

unchristian

rude

prosaic person

plebeian

petty bourgeois

pagan

neo-pagan

lowbred

illiterate

ignoramus

gentile

ethnic

earthy

coarse

cloddish

churlish

boorish

boor

Philistine English » English

philistine

tactless

snippy

lubberly

hypocrite

curmudgeonly

awkward