What is "philistine" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "philistine": a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits

Noun

Meaning of "philistine": of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people

Adjective

Meaning of "philistine": a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC

Noun

Meaning of "philistine": smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values

Adjective

Synonyms:

blue, gross, roughneck, ribald, offensive, foul, barbarian, raw, base, low, crude, rough, mean, bawdy, common, barbaric, boorish, cheap, churlish, crass, dirty, earthy, filthy, gruff, immodest, impolite, improper, impure, indelicate, inelegant, loutish, nasty, obscene, off-color, raffish, raunchy, rude, scatological, smutty, tacky, tasteless, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar, vulgarian, brutish, foul-mouthed, ill-bred, incult, lowbred, lowdown and dirty, rube, oaf, goon, lout, yahoo, bear, brute, peasant, buffoon, churl, boob, barbarian, cad, chuff, vulgarian, dork,

Antonyms:

moral, polite, chaste, kind, pleasing, honest, cultured, healthy, gay, happy, clean, decent, nice, good, refined, sophisticated, noble, high, polished, gentleman,