Civilization

//ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən//

Synonyms for "civilization" (42 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (9)

Strong matches (12)

Proper Noun(1 words)
ecumene

Related words (21)

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More general

3 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

5 entries

Related terms

1 entries

at location

1 entries

coordinate

3 entries

derived

24 entries

Showing 16 of 24 words.

distinct from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

4 entries

related to

33 entries

Showing 16 of 33 words.

Translations

228 translations across 103 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • beskawing noun (organized culture)

Albanian

1 entries
  • qytetërim noun (organized culture)

Amharic

2 entries
  • ሥልጣኔ noun (organized culture)
  • ስልጣኔ noun (organized culture)

Arabic

4 entries
  • تَمَدُّن noun (organized culture)
  • حضارة noun (organized culture)
  • حضارة noun (organized culture)
  • حضارة noun (organized culture)

Armenian

1 entries
  • քաղաքակրթություն noun (organized culture)

Assamese

2 entries
  • সংস্কৃতি noun (organized culture)
  • সভ্যতা noun (organized culture)

Asturian

2 entries
  • civilización noun (organized culture)
  • civilización noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • mədəniyyət noun (organized culture)
  • sivilizasiya noun (organized culture)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • цывіліза́цыя noun (organized culture)

Bengali

3 entries
  • তমদ্দুন noun (organized culture)
  • তহজিব noun (organized culture)
  • সভ্যতা noun (organized culture)

Breton

1 entries
  • sevenadur noun (organized culture)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • цивилизация name (people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior)
  • култура noun (state or quality of being civilized)
  • цивилиза́ция noun (organized culture)
  • цивилизация noun (human society)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ယဉ်ကျေးမှု noun (organized culture)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • цівіліза́ція noun (organized culture)

Catalan

4 entries
  • civilització name (people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior)
  • civilitat noun (state or quality of being civilized)
  • civilització noun (organized culture)
  • civilització noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ئاوەدانی noun (organized culture)

Chinese

2 entries
  • вынмин noun (organized culture)
  • 文明 noun (organized culture)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 文明 noun (organized culture)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 文明 noun (organized culture)
  • 文明化 noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲓⲉⲃⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ noun (organized culture)

Czech

2 entries
  • civilizace noun (organized culture)
  • civilizace noun (human society)

Danish

4 entries
  • civilisation name (people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior)
  • civilisation noun (organized culture)
  • civilisation noun (human society)
  • civilisering noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)

Dutch

4 entries
  • beschaving name (people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior)
  • beschaving noun (organized culture)
  • bewoonde wereld noun (human society)
  • civilisatie noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 文明 noun (organized culture)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • civilizacio noun (organized culture)
  • civilizo noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)

Estonian

1 entries
  • tsivilisatsioon noun (organized culture)

Faroese

2 entries
  • mentan noun (organized culture)
  • siðmenning noun (organized culture)

Finnish

4 entries
  • korkeakulttuuri noun (organized culture)
  • kulttuuri noun (organized culture)
  • sivilisaatio noun (organized culture)
  • sivilisaatio noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)

French

1 entries
  • civilisation noun (organized culture)

Galician

2 entries
  • civilización noun (organized culture)
  • civilización noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ცივილიზაცია noun (organized culture)

German

4 entries
  • Zivilisation name (people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior)
  • Kultur noun (organized culture)
  • Kultur noun (human society)
  • Zivilisation noun (organized culture)

Greek

4 entries
  • πολιτισμός noun (organized culture)
  • πολιτισμός noun (human society)
  • πολιτισμός noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)
  • πολιτισμός noun (state or quality of being civilized)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • સંસ્કૃતિ noun (organized culture)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 文明 noun (organized culture)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • צִיוִילִיזַצְיָה noun (organized culture)
  • צִיוִילִיזַצְיָה noun (human society)
  • ציוויליזציה noun (organized culture)
  • ציוויליזציה noun (human society)

Hindi

4 entries
  • संस्कृति noun (organized culture)
  • सभ्यता noun (organized culture)
  • सभ्यता noun (human society)
  • सभ्यता noun (state or quality of being civilized)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • civilizáció name (people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior)
  • civilizáció noun (organized culture)
  • civilizáció noun (human society)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • siðmenning noun (organized culture)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • peradaban noun (organized culture)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • تَمَدُّن noun (organized culture)
  • مَدَنِیَّت noun (organized culture)

Irish

3 entries
  • sibhialtacht noun (organized culture)
  • sibhialtacht noun (human society)
  • sibhialtacht noun (state or quality of being civilized)

Italian

4 entries
  • civilizzazione name (people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior)
  • civiltà name (people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior)
  • civilizzazione noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)
  • civiltà noun (organized culture)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 文明 noun (organized culture)
  • 文明化 noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ನಾಗರೀಕತೆ noun (organized culture)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • өркениет noun (organized culture)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អរិយធម៌ noun (organized culture)

Korean

3 entries
  • 교양인 name (people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior)
  • 문명 noun (organized culture)
  • 문명화 noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • маданият noun (organized culture)
  • цивилизация noun (organized culture)

Lao

2 entries
  • ອາລະຍະທຳ noun (organized culture)
  • ອາລິຍະທຳ noun (organized culture)

Latin

2 entries
  • cīvīlitās noun (state or quality of being civilized)
  • exculta hominum vīta noun (organized culture)

Latvian

1 entries
  • civilizācija noun (organized culture)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • civiltæ noun (organized culture)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • civilizacija noun (organized culture)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • култу́ра noun (organized culture)
  • култу́ра noun (human society)
  • цивилиза́ција noun (organized culture)
  • цивилиза́ција noun (human society)

Malay

2 entries
  • peradaban noun (organized culture)
  • tamadun noun (organized culture)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • നാഗരികത noun (organized culture)

Maltese

1 entries
  • ċiviltà noun (organized culture)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡧᡠ ᡤᡝᠩᡤᡳᠶᡝᠨ noun (organized culture)

Manx

1 entries
  • ardveenid noun (state or quality of being civilized)

Marathi

1 entries
  • संस्कृती noun (organized culture)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • соёл иргэншил noun (organized culture)

Māori

4 entries
  • puāwaitanga noun (organized culture)
  • puāwaitanga noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)
  • puāwaitanga noun (state or quality of being civilized)
  • whakapuāwaitanga noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)

Nepali

1 entries
  • सभ्यता noun (organized culture)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • medeniyet noun (organized culture)
  • sivîlîzasyon noun (organized culture)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • sivilisasjon name (people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • sivilisasjon noun (organized culture)

Odia

1 entries
  • ସଭ୍ୟତା noun (organized culture)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • تمدن noun (organized culture)
  • مدنیت noun (organized culture)

Pashto

2 entries
  • تمدن noun (organized culture)
  • مدنيت noun (organized culture)

Persian

3 entries
  • تربیت noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)
  • جامعه noun (human society)
  • فرهنگ noun (state or quality of being civilized)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • sivilisassion noun (organized culture)

Polish

2 entries
  • cywilizacja name (people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior)
  • cywilizacja noun (organized culture)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • civilização name (people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior)
  • civilização noun (organized culture)
  • civilização noun (human society)
  • civilização noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਸੰਸਕ੍ਰਿਤੀ noun (organized culture)
  • ਸੱਭਿਅਤਾ noun (organized culture)

Romanian

4 entries
  • civilitate noun (state or quality of being civilized)
  • civilizare noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)
  • civilizație noun (organized culture)
  • civilizație noun (human society)

Russian

4 entries
  • цивилиза́ция name (people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior)
  • культу́ра noun (organized culture)
  • культу́ра noun (human society)
  • культу́ра noun (state or quality of being civilized)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • संस्कृति noun (organized culture)
  • सभ्यता noun (organized culture)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • civilizácija noun (organized culture)
  • civilizácija noun (human society)
  • civilìzīranōst noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)
  • цивилиза́ција noun (organized culture)

Sinhalese

2 entries
  • ශිෂ්ටාචාරය noun (organized culture)
  • සංස්කෘතිය noun (organized culture)

Slovak

1 entries
  • civilizácia noun (organized culture)

Slovene

1 entries
  • civilizacija noun (organized culture)

Spanish

1 entries
  • civilización noun (organized culture)

Swahili

1 entries
  • ustaarabu class XI noun (organized culture)

Swedish

4 entries
  • civilisation name (people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior)
  • civilisation noun (organized culture)
  • civilisation noun (human society)
  • civilisering noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • kabihasnan noun (organized culture)
  • kabihasnan noun (human society)

Tajik

2 entries
  • маданият noun (organized culture)
  • тамаддун noun (organized culture)

Tamil

1 entries
  • நாகரிகம் noun (organized culture)

Telugu

1 entries
  • నాగరికత noun (organized culture)

Thai

2 entries
  • ความศิวิไลซ์ noun (state or quality of being civilized)
  • อารยธรรม noun (organized culture)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ስልጣኔ noun (organized culture)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ekinç noun (organized culture)
  • insanlık noun (human society)
  • medeniyet noun (organized culture)
  • medenîleşme noun (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • medeniýet noun (organized culture)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • цивіліза́ція noun (organized culture)

Urdu

3 entries
  • تَمَدُّن noun (organized culture)
  • تَہْذِیب noun (organized culture)
  • مَدَنِیَت noun (organized culture)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • مەدەنىيەت noun (organized culture)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • madaniyat noun (organized culture)
  • sivilizatsiya noun (organized culture)
  • tamaddun noun (organized culture)
  • tsivilizatsiya noun (organized culture)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • văn minh noun (organized culture)

Walloon

1 entries
  • civilizåcion noun (organized culture)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gwareiddiad noun (organized culture)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • beskaving noun (organized culture)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 文明 noun (organized culture)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • ציוויליזאַציע noun (organized culture)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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Briefly stated, Hobsbawm's thesis is that the history of the twentieth century is that of the decline of civilization.

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The opening of the country had a great influence on Japanese civilization.

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We discovered relics of an ancient civilization.

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We find ourselves in the twilight of our civilization.

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