'Barbarian' definitions:
Definition of 'barbarian'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild]
noun
A member of an uncivilized people [syn: savage, barbarian]
noun
Definition of 'Barbarian'
From: GCIDE
- Barbarian \Bar*ba"ri*an\, n. [See Barbarous.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A foreigner. [Historical] [1913 Webster]
- Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. --1 Cor. xiv. 11. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A man in a rude, savage, or uncivilized state. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A person destitute of culture. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity. "Thou fell barbarian." --Philips. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Barbarian'
From: GCIDE
- Barbarian \Bar*ba"ri*an\, a. Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'barbarian'
From: Easton
- Barbarian a Greek word used in the New Testament (Rom. 1:14) to denote one of another nation. In Col. 3:11, the word more definitely designates those nations of the Roman empire that did not speak Greek. In 1 Cor. 14:11, it simply refers to one speaking a different language. The inhabitants of Malta are so called (Acts 28:1,2, 4). They were originally a Carthaginian colony. This word nowhere in Scripture bears the meaning it does in modern times.
Synonyms of 'barbarian'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alien,
- animal,
- anthropophagite,
- backward,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- beast,
- bestial,
- bloodthirsty,
- boor,
- boorish,
- brutal,
- brute,
- brutish,
- cannibal,
- churl,
- churlish,
- clod,
- coarse,
- crude,
- cruel,
- deracine,
- destroyer,
- displaced person,
- emigre,
- exile,
- exotic,
- exterior,
- external,
- extraneous,
- extraterrestrial,
- extrinsic,
- ferocious,
- foreign,
- foreign devil,
- foreign-born,
- foreigner,
- Goth,
- Gothic,
- graceless,
- gringo,
- heathenish,
- hooligan,
- hyena,
- ignoramus,
- ill-bred,
- ill-mannered,
- impolite,
- inhuman,
- insensitive,
- intrusive,
- lout,
- loutish,
- lowbrow,
- man-eater,
- Neanderthal,
- nihilist,
- noncivilized,
- oaf,
- oafish,
- outland,
- outlander,
- outlandish,
- outlaw,
- outside,
- outsider,
- philistine,
- primitive,
- refugee,
- rough,
- rough-and-ready,
- rude,
- ruffian,
- savage,
- shark,
- skinhead,
- strange,
- stranger,
- tasteless,
- the Wandering Jew,
- tiger,
- tough,
- tramontane,
- troglodyte,
- troglodytic,
- Uitlander,
- ulterior,
- ultramontane,
- uncivil,
- uncivilized,
- uncombed,
- uncouth,
- uncultivated,
- uncultured,
- unearthly,
- unkempt,
- unlicked,
- unpolished,
- unrefined,
- untamed,
- vandal,
- vandalic,
- vulgar,
- wanderer,
- wild,
- wild man,
- wrecker,
- yahoo