Adjective: barbarian baa(r)'beh-ree-un
- Without civilizing influences
"barbarian invaders";
- barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised [Brit], wild
- A member of an uncivilized people
"The Romans viewed anyone outside their empire as barbarians";
- savage
- A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
"His rude behaviour at the dinner party revealed him to be a barbarian";
- peasant, boor, churl, Goth, tyke [informal], tike [informal]
Derived forms: barbarians
See also: noncivilised [Brit], noncivilized
Type of: disagreeable person, primitive, primitive person, unpleasant person
Encyclopedia: Barbarian