1. (adj)boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance Synonyms: boorish, piggy, porcine, neanderthal, neandertal, piggish, swinish, oafish, hoggish, loutish Antonyms: refined
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'boorish'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. boorish Awkward, from awk (kindred with off, from the Norwegian), is off-ward, turned the wrong way; it was anciently used of a back-handed or left-handed blow in battle, of squinting eyes, etc. Clu Synonyms: awkward, boorish, clumsy, rough, unhandy, bungling, gawky, uncouth, unskilful, clownish, maladroit, ungainly Antonyms: adroit, clever, dexterous, handy, skilful, absurdity, contradiction, demonstration, nonsense, paradox, sophism