Tom is a philistine.
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Philistine
//ˈfɪlɪstaɪn//
Synonyms for "philistine" (178 found)
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Strong matches (53)
Related words (89)
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Noun(4 words)
Adjective(5 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
193 translations across 42 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- Φιλισταῖος noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
- Φυλιστιείμ noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Arabic
1 entries- فلستيون noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܦܠܫܬܝ̈ܐ noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Armenian
2 entries- փղշտացի noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
- փղշտացի noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
Bulgarian
2 entries- простак adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- филистер adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
Catalan
4 entries- filisteu adj (originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines)
- filisteu adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- filistea noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
- filistea noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 俗人 adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- 小市民 adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- 庸俗 adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- 鄙俚 adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
Czech
4 entries- barbarský adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- Filištín noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
- barbar noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
- šosák noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
Danish
2 entries- filister noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
- spidsborger noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
Dutch
4 entries- Filistijns adj (originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines)
- barbaars adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- Beotiër noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
- Filistijn noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Faroese
2 entries- filistari noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
- smáborgari noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
Finnish
4 entries- filistealainen adj (originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines)
- moukkamainen adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- filistealainen noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
- filisteri noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
French
4 entries- Philistin adj (originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines)
- béotien adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- philistin adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- Philistin noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
German
4 entries- Banause adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- Spießer adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- philiströs adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- Banause noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
Greek
4 entries- άξεστος adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- ακαλλιέργητος adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- αμόρφωτος adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- βάρβαρος adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
Hebrew
2 entries- פְּלִשְׁתִּית noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
- פלשתי noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Hungarian
4 entries- nyárspolgári adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- nyárspolgárias adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- filiszter noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
- filiszteus noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Irish
2 entries- Filistíneach adj (originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines)
- Filistíneach noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Italian
4 entries- filisteo adj (originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines)
- filisteo adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- filistea noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
- filistea noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
Japanese
2 entries- 俗っぽい. adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- ペリシテ人 noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Kazakh
1 entries- філістір noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Korean
4 entries- 무학하다 adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- 블레셋 adj (originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines)
- 속물적 adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- 실리주의의 adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
Latin
4 entries- Philistaeus adj (originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines)
- Philisthaeus adj (originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines)
- Philisthiim adj (originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines)
- Philistiim adj (originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- Mufilistini noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Navajo
1 entries- Filístiya diné noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Norwegian
1 entries- filistrøs adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- filister noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
- filister noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- filistar noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
- filistar noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
Occitan
4 entries- Filistèu adj (originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines)
- filistèu adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- Filistèa noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
- Filistèu noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Old Irish
1 entries- filistín noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Polish
4 entries- filisterski adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- filistyński adj (originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines)
- Filistyn noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
- Filistynka noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Portuguese
4 entries- burguês adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- filisteu adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- filisteia noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
- filisteia noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
Russian
4 entries- меща́нский adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- обыва́тельский adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- филисти́мский adj (originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines)
- филистёрский adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
Spanish
3 entries- filisteo adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- filistea noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
- filisteo noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Swahili
1 entries- Mfilisti noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Swedish
4 entries- brackig adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- filisteisk adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- filiströs adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- kälkborgerlig adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
Thai
2 entries- ชาวบ้าน noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
- บ้านนอก noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
Tumbuka
1 entries- muFilisiti noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Turkish
2 entries- cahil noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
- kıro noun (person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)
Volapük
4 entries- filistanefik adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- filistanik adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- filistik adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
- hifilistanefik adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
Welsh
1 entries- philistaidd adj (lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּלשתּי noun (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
Philistine territory was divided into the territory of the five cities of Gaza, Ashdod, Askalon, Gath, and Ekron, the so-called Philistine Pentapolis.
Source: tatoeba (11955551)
Then the lords of the Philiſtines gathered them together, for to offer a great ſacrifice vnto Dagon their god, and to reioyce; for they ſaid, Our god hath deliuered Samſon our enemy into our hand.
Source: wiktionary
Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
Source: wiktionary
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