barbarian

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. foreigner, outsider, alien, savage; ruffian (See evildoer). —adj. uncivilized, barbarous. See unconformity.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Uncivilized]

Syn. primitive, uncivilized, barbaric, barbarous, rude, rough, savage, coarse, uncultivated, wild, crude, uncouth; see also primitive 3 .

2. [Savage]

Syn. brutal, savage, barbarous, cruel; see cruel 1 , 2 .

Syn.- barbarian basically refers to a civilization or people regarded as primitive, either without further connotation [barbarian tribes ] or with the implication of lack of cultivation and refinement or of brutishness; barbaric suggests crudeness and lack of restraint regarded as characteristic of primitive peoples [barbaric splendor ] ; barbarous connotes cruelty and brutality regarded as characteristic of primitive people; [barbarous warfare ] ; savage implies a more primitive civilization than barbarian and connotes Great fierceness and cruelty [ a savage inquisition ] n.

1. [An uncivilized person]

Syn. savage, brute, Hun, cannibal, Goth, yahoo, Philistine, troglodyte, boor, lout, clod.

2. [A brute]

Syn. rascal, ruffian, monster; see beast 2 .

3. [A foreigner]

Syn. stranger, outsider, newcomer; see alien .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

savage, *animal, clod, ignoramus, Neanderthal, philistine, lout, primitive, caveman, lowbrow, redneck, *pig, brute, ruffian, hooligan, dolt, Hun.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun An unrefined, rude person: boor, chuff, churl, Philistine, vulgarian, yahoo. See GOOD. II adjective l. Not civilized: barbaric, barbarous, primitive, rude, savage, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, wild. Archaic: uncivil. See CULTURE, WILD. 2. Lacking in delicacy or refinement: barbaric, boorish, churlish, coarse, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, indelicate, philistine, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar. See COURTESY, SMOOTH.