barbaric C2+ Topic:Describing People US /bɑrˈbærɪk/ UK /bɑːˈbærɪk/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj savagely cruel, primitive, or uncivilized The chronicle described the barbaric sacking of the city. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · savagely cruel, primitive,... savagebrutalcrueluncivilizedprimitivebrutishwild ↔ Opposites civilizedhumanerefinedcultured Word family Forms barbarically Derived forms barbarically Related forms barbarianbarbarousbarbaritybarbarism Etymology AI details From Latin barbaricus, from Ancient Greek barbarikos ('foreign'), from barbaros ('non-Greek-speaking'), of imitative origin. barbaricus Latin barbaros Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Describing People Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # barbaric **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /bɑrˈbærɪk/ **IPA (UK):** /bɑːˈbærɪk/ ## Meanings 1. savagely cruel, primitive, or uncivilized ## Examples - The chronicle described the barbaric sacking of the city. ## Synonyms - savage - brutal - cruel - uncivilized - primitive - brutish - wild ## Antonyms - civilized - humane - refined - cultured ## Derived Forms - barbarically ## Related Forms - barbarian - barbarous - barbarity - barbarism ## Roots and Affixes - Root: barbaricus - Root: barbaros ## Etymology From Latin barbaricus, from Ancient Greek barbarikos ('foreign'), from barbaros ('non-Greek-speaking'), of imitative origin. ## AI Etymology Barbaric is from Latin barbaricus, from Ancient Greek barbarikos ('foreign'), from barbaros ('non-Greek-speaking'), of imitative origin. Important recorded forms include barbaricus (Latin) and barbaros (Ancient Greek). The current sense covers savagely cruel, primitive, or uncivilized. The wider family includes derived forms such as barbarically and related words such as barbarian, barbarous, barbarity, and barbarism. ## Topics - Describing People - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown