| NOUN | person | barbarian, savage | a member of an uncivilized people |
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| person | barbarian, peasant, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike | a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild | without civilizing influences |
| Sounds | baarbeh'riyahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Without civilizing influences. | |
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| Example | "barbarian invaders" | |
| Synonyms | barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild | |
| Broader | noncivilized, noncivilised | not having a high state of culture and social development |
| Spanish | bárbara, bárbaro, incivilizado, salvaje | |
| Catalan | bàrbar, incivilitzat, salvatge | |
| Nouns | barbarian | a member of an uncivilized people |
| barbarian | a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | |
| Meaning | A member of an uncivilized people. | |
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| Synonym | savage | |
| Instances | Odoacer, Odovacar, Odovakar | Germanic barbarian leader who ended the Western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493) |
| Narrower | Vandal | A member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455 |
| cannibal, man-eater, anthropophagus, anthropophagite | A person who eats human flesh | |
| headhunter, head-shrinker | A savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies | |
| hunter-gatherer | A member of a hunting and gathering society | |
| Broader | primitive, primitive person | A person who belongs to an early stage / stage of civilization |
| Spanish | bárbaro, salvaje | |
| Catalan | bàrbar, salvatge | |
| Adjectives | barbarian | without civilizing influences |
| Meaning | A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | peasant, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike | |
| Broader | unpleasant person, disagreeable person | A person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
| Spanish | bárbaro, basto, bestia, charro, grosero, montañero, palurdo, patán, zamarro, zambombo | |
| Catalan | bàrbar, barroer, bast, bèstia, groller, pallús, talòs | |
| Adjectives | barbarian | without civilizing influences |
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