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Definitions for Barbarian

[1] a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person.
[2] a person without culture, refinement, or education; philistine.
[3] (loosely) a foreigner.
[4] (in ancient and medieval periods) a non-Greek. a person living outside, especially north of, the Roman Empire. a person not living in a Christian country or within a Christian civilization.
[5] (among Italians during the Renaissance) a person of non-Italian origin.
[6] uncivilized; crude; savage.
[7] foreign; alien.
[8] a member of a primitive or uncivilized people
[9] a coarse, insensitive, or uncultured person
[10] a vicious person
[11] of an uncivilized culture
[12] insensitive, uncultured, or brutal

Words related to Barbarian

wild, primitive, rough, Philistine, lowbrow, clod, ruffian, monster, lout, boor, hooligan, rascal, brute, cannibal, bigot, beast, ignoramus, vandal, troglodyte, hun

Words nearby Barbarian

barbados aloe, barbados earth, barbados gooseberry, barbados pride, barbara, barbarian, barbarianize, barbaric, barbarism, barbarity, barbarize

Origin of Barbarian

1540–50; < Latin barbari(a ) barbarous country (see barbarous, -ia) + -an

Other words from Barbarian

bar·bar·i·an·ism , noun
half-bar·bar·i·an , adjective
non·bar·bar·i·an , adjective, noun

Word origin for Barbarian

C16: see barbarous

Synonyms for Barbarian

lowbrow, philistine, primitive, rough, wild, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, brutal, coarse, cruel, inhuman, merciless, rude, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unsophisticated, untamed, vicious, vulgar