Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun barbarian

2 senses of barbarian

Sense 1
savage, barbarian -- (a member of an uncivilized people)
       => primitive, primitive person -- (a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization)

Sense 2
peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike -- (a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement)
       => unpleasant person, disagreeable person -- (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Antonyms of adj barbarian

1 sense of barbarian

Sense 1
barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild -- (without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes")

INDIRECT (VIA noncivilized) -> civilized, civilised -- (having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world")

Similarity of adj barbarian

1 sense of barbarian

Sense 1
barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild -- (without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes")
       => noncivilized (vs. civilized), noncivilised -- (not having a high state of culture and social development)