Lowbrow

//ˈloʊbɹaʊ//

Synonyms for "lowbrow" (142 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Strong matches (42)

Related words (71)

Adjective(31 words)

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thick as a brick thick as a plank thick as a whale omelette thick as mince thick as pig shit thick as two short planks thickheaded underbrained unintelligent vacuous woodenheaded

lurid middlebrow misinformed misinstructed mistaught no scholar nonintellectual pagan plebeian puddinghead rude tenderfoot unbooked unbookish unbooklearned unbriefed uncultivated uncultured unedified uneducated

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unerudite unguided uninstructed unintellectual unintelligentsia unlearned unlettered unliterary unread unrefined unscholarly unschooled unstudious untaught untutored usual vernacular vulgar

Noun(1 words)

philistine

Adjective(1 words)

uncultivated

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

2 entries

pleb plebeian

Antonyms

1 entries

highbrow

Synonyms

8 entries

common everyday lowbrowed lurid philistine usual vernacular vulgar

Related terms

3 entries

highbrow middlebrow no-brow

derived

2 entries

lowbrowism lowbrowness

derived from

2 entries

brow low

related to

6 entries

culture education highbrow intelligence middlebrow unsophisticated

similar

1 entries

nonintellectual

Translations

24 translations across 8 languages.

Azerbaijani

4 entries

bayağı adj (unsophisticated)
bozbaş adj (unsophisticated)
səviyyəsiz adj (unsophisticated)
qıjı noun (Someone of low culture)

Bulgarian

3 entries

просташки adj (unsophisticated)
простак noun (Someone of low culture)
профан noun (Someone of low culture)

Czech

3 entries

jednoduchý adj (unsophisticated)
prostý adj (unsophisticated)
přízemní adj (unsophisticated)

Finnish

2 entries

luiskaotsainen adj (unsophisticated)
matalaotsainen adj (unsophisticated)

French

1 entries

bas de plafond adj (unsophisticated)

German

4 entries

banausisch adj (unsophisticated)
niveaulos adj (unsophisticated)
ungebildet adj (unsophisticated)
Kulturbanause noun (Someone of low culture)

Polish

3 entries

niskich lotów adj (unsophisticated)
prymitywny adj (unsophisticated)
prymityw noun (Someone of low culture)

Russian

3 entries

низкопро́бный adj (unsophisticated)
низкосо́ртный adj (unsophisticated)
по́шлый adj (unsophisticated)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He may have lowbrow tastes but at least he's not snooty and conceited.

Source: tatoeba (700004)

Can you eat chicken-fried steak, or is that too lowbrow for your refined palate?

Source: tatoeba (8997381)

The Three Stooges are known for their lowbrow slapstick humor consisting of foolish action for the masses.

Source: wiktionary

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