cultivated

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtɪd/ UK /ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtɪd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
refined and well-educated; or prepared for growing crops

His cultivated manner charmed everyone at the dinner.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · refined and well-educated;... refined cultured polished educated genteel tilled

Opposites

uncultivated uncouth boorish wild

Word family

Derived forms cultivatedness

Related forms cultivate cultivation cultivator culture

Etymology

Past participle of 'cultivate', from Medieval Latin cultivare ('to till'), from cultivus ('tilled'), from Latin colere ('to cultivate, tend').

cultivare Medieval Latin colere Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# cultivated

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtɪd/

## Meanings
1. refined and well-educated; or prepared for growing crops

## Examples
- His cultivated manner charmed everyone at the dinner.

## Synonyms
- refined
- cultured
- polished
- educated
- genteel
- tilled

## Antonyms
- uncultivated
- uncouth
- boorish
- wild

## Derived Forms
- cultivatedness

## Related Forms
- cultivate
- cultivation
- cultivator
- culture

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cultivare
- Root: colere

## Etymology
Past participle of 'cultivate', from Medieval Latin cultivare ('to till'), from cultivus ('tilled'), from Latin colere ('to cultivate, tend').

## AI Etymology
Cultivated is the past participle of 'cultivate', from Medieval Latin cultivare ('to till'), from cultivus ('tilled'), from Latin colere ('to cultivate, tend'). The ancestry passes through Medieval Latin cultivare and Latin colere. In present use as an adjective, it means "refined and well-educated; or prepared for growing crops", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include cultivate, cultivation, cultivator, and culture; derived forms include cultivatedness. Its contrast set includes uncultivated, uncouth, boorish, and wild, which clarifies the semantic boundary of the modern word.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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