All philistine synonyms
phil·is·tine
P p noun philistine
- bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- chuff — a puffing sound of or as if of a steam engine
- boor — If you refer to someone as a boor, you think their behaviour and attitudes are rough, uneducated, and rude.
- hun — a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d.
- lout — an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- dork — Slang. a silly, out-of-touch person who tends to look odd or behave ridiculously around others; a social misfit: If you make me wear that, I’ll look like a total dork! Synonyms: jerk, schmo; nerd, geek.
- huns — a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d.
adj philistine
- mannerless — without good manners; ill-mannered; discourteous; impolite.
- bourgeois — If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle-class people.
- ill-bred — showing lack of good social breeding; unmannerly; rude.
- common — If something is common, it is found in large numbers or it happens often.
- die-hard — a person who vigorously maintains or defends a seemingly hopeless position, outdated attitude, lost cause, or the like.
- die hard — If you say that habits or attitudes die hard, you mean that they take a very long time to disappear or change, so that it may not be possible to get rid of them completely.
- lowbrow — a person who is uninterested, uninvolved, or uneducated in intellectual activities or pursuits.
- brutish — If you describe a person or their behaviour as brutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
- characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
- barbarian — In former times, barbarians were people from other countries who were thought to be uncivilized and violent.
- crass — Crass behaviour is stupid and does not show consideration for other people.