Synonyms for culture
ˈkʌl tʃərcul·ture

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. culture

   Agriculture is the generic term, including at once the science, the art, and the process of supplying human wants by raising the products of the soil, and by the associated industries; farming is the practise of agriculture as a business; there may be theoretical agriculture, but not theoretical farming; we speak of the science of agriculture, the business of farming; scientific agriculture may be wholly in books; scientific farming is practised upon the land; we say an agricultural college rather than a college of farming. Farming refers to the cultivation of considerable portions of land, and the raising of the coarser crops; gardening is the close cultivation of a small area for small fruits, flowers, vegetables, etc., and while it may be done upon a farm is yet a distinct industry. Gardening in general, kitchen-gardening, the cultivation of vegetables, etc., for the household, market-gardening, the raising of the same for sale, floriculture, the culture of flowers, and horticulture, the culture of fruits, flowers, or vegetables, are all departments of agriculture, but not strictly nor ordinarily of farming; farming is itself one department of agriculture. Husbandry is a general word for any form of practical agriculture, but is now chiefly poetical. Tillage refers directly to the work bestowed upon the land, as plowing, manuring, etc.; cultivation refers especially to the processes that bring forward the crop; we speak of the tillage of the soil, the cultivation of corn; we also speak of land as in a state of cultivation, under cultivation, etc. Culture is now applied to the careful development of any product to a state of perfection, especially by care through successive generations; the choice varieties of the strawberry have been produced by wise and patient culture; a good crop in any year is the result of good cultivation.

   Synonyms:
   agriculture, cultivation, farming, floriculture, gardening, horticulture, husbandry, kitchen-gardening, market-gardening, tillage

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1. culture, civilization, civilisationnoun

   a particular society at a particular time and place

   "early Mayan civilization"

   Synonyms:
   civilization, cultivation, acculturation, polish, civilisation, finish, refinement

2. culturenoun

   the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group

   Synonyms:
   civilization, finish, acculturation, polish, civilisation, refinement, cultivation

3. acculturation, culturenoun

   all the knowledge and values shared by a society

   Synonyms:
   socialization, enculturation, civilization, assimilation, finish, socialisation, civilisation, acculturation, polish, cultivation, refinement

4. culturenoun

   (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)

   "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"

   Synonyms:
   civilization, finish, acculturation, polish, civilisation, refinement, cultivation

5. polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finishnoun

   a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

   "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad

   Synonyms:
   purification, goal, acculturation, refinement, shade, last, polish, finish, ending, coating, glossiness, cultivation, nuance, nicety, destination, civilization, finis, finishing, refining, stopping point, civilisation, elaboration, subtlety, close, gloss, conclusion, burnish, finale

6. culturenoun

   the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization

   "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"

   Synonyms:
   civilization, finish, acculturation, polish, civilisation, refinement, cultivation

7. cultureverb

   the raising of plants or animals

   "the culture of oysters"

   Synonyms:
   civilization, finish, acculturation, polish, civilisation, refinement, cultivation

8. cultureverb

   grow in a special preparation

   "the biologist grows microorganisms"

Matched Categories

1. • Attitude
   • Biology
   • Grow
   • Growth
   • Perfection
   • Taste

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. culturenoun

   Synonyms:
   agriculture, tillage

2. culturenoun

   Synonyms:
   improvement, refinement, cultivation, civilization

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. culturenoun

   Synonyms:
   cultivation, tillage, refinement, enlightenment, education

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.5 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "culture":

   cultural, cultures, cultivation, crop, cultura, kultur, civilisation, cropping, crops, culturing, kultura, mentality, culturally, growing, civilization

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1. Harris Faulkner:

   The road to get to this point, has never been just about my race, ethnicity, culture or any of the immutable or unchangeable demographics. The main ingredients are critically more powerful than that.I was born and raised on military bases across the US and even Stuttgart, Germany. I am the daughter of an amazing officer’s wife and kindergarten teacher and social worker whose family was a mix of Haitian and Native American. And I’m the daughter of a military combat pilot who came from the sticks of east Texas.My parents taught me that our skin color and hair texture will always identify us to people who choose only to see that. But, we must work hard to ensure our success reflects our individual gifts, diversity of thought and experience.

2. Ted Cruz:

   Donald Trump is never going to fight the system, Donald Trump is the system, donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are two sides of the same coin. Hillary Clinton has made Hillary Clinton millions from inside and Donald Trump has made Donald Trump billions buying people like Hillary Clinton. Both are part of the culture of foreign policy for personal gain. Donald Trump sought to demonstrate Donald Trump foreign policy chops as Donald Trump tries to present a more presidential image – while increasingly turning Donald Trump attention on the campaign trail to a general election battle Donald Trump presumes will involve Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. The billionaire businessman declared himself the.

3. Heather Morris:

   We absolutely could have stepped up and gone to the Fox execs and said how we felt about the situation, and nobody really did, and so now we are living in a culture where it's acceptable to go do things like that, whereas I think many people were very scared.

4. Jessica Bendinger:

   Black culture in America has had primacy in a way that hasn't been as embraced or as acknowledged as it deserves to be.

5. Manette Sharick:

   I just wanted to teach my daughter that Black lives matter, Black culture matters, Black communities matter, and that we are the movement for Black lives, i was shocked that someone could be purposefully doing this. It hurt a lot, it made me extremely upset.