barbarians

The word “barbarians” has 4 syllables: bar-ba-ri-ans

It's pronounced as /bɑrˈbɛə.ri.ənz/


What is synonym and antonym for barbarians?

In the thesaurus, “barbarians” has 6 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for barbarians along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for barbarians

Meanings of barbarians

  • noun
    1. A non-Greek or a non-Roman.
    2. An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; often associated with fighting or other such shows of strength.
    3. Someone from a developing country or backward culture.
    4. A warrior, clad in fur or leather, associated with sword and sorcery stories.
    5. A person destitute of culture; a Philistine.
    6. A cruel, savage, brutal person; one without pity or humanity.
    7. A foreigner, especially with barbaric qualities as in the above definitions.

Example Sentences

  • The barbarians at the gates were feared for their ruthless attacks on the city.
  • The Romans often described their enemies as barbarians, although they had complex societies.
  • In the story, the barbarians stormed the kingdom, overwhelming its defenses.
  • The barbarians were portrayed as wild and uncivilized, but many of them had rich cultural traditions.
  • Some historians believe the term barbarians was used unfairly to label people who were simply different from the dominant cultures.

On this page you'll find 6 synonyms or another words to barbarians, such as: Neanderthals, heathen, heathens, noble savages, primitives, savages.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • vulgarians
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jerks

  • Neanderthals
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  • airheads
  • barbarians
  • bastards
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  • goons
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  • idiots
  • imbeciles
  • insolents
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  • rascals
  • rat finks
  • rats
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  • rotters
  • roughnecks
  • savages
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  • schmoes
  • schmucks
  • scoundrels
  • scumbags
  • scums
  • scuzzballs
  • shakes
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  • skunk
  • skunks
  • sleazebags
  • sleazeballs
  • sleazes
  • slimeballs
  • slimes
  • slobs
  • snakes
  • snatches
  • snips
  • snobs
  • snoots
  • snots
  • so-and-sos
  • sods
  • sons of guns
  • squiggles
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  • toads
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  • varmints
  • vermin
  • vibrates
  • villains
  • vulgarians
  • wabbles
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  • wiggles
  • wobbles
  • wrenches
  • wrests
  • wretches
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  • yanks

jokers

Neanderthals

  • airheads
  • animals
  • anthropoids
  • apes
  • barbarians
  • beasts
  • birdbrains
  • blockheads
  • blunderers
  • boneheads
  • boobies
  • boors
  • brutes
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  • cads
  • cavemen
  • chowderheads
  • chuckleheads
  • chumps
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  • clods
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  • clowns
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  • clunks
  • creeps
  • cretins
  • cuddies
  • curs
  • deadheads
  • dim bulbs
  • dimwits
  • dips
  • dodoes
  • dodos
  • dolts
  • donkeys
  • doofuses
  • dopes
  • dorks
  • dufuses
  • dullards
  • dum-dums
  • dumbbells
  • dumbheads
  • dummies
  • dummkopfs
  • dunces
  • dunderheads
  • fatheads
  • featherbrains
  • fools
  • galoots
  • ganders
  • gawks
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  • golems
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  • half-wits
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  • heathen
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  • heels
  • hulks
  • idiots
  • ignorami
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  • imbeciles
  • jackasses
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  • louses
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  • nuts
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  • pinheads
  • prats
  • primitives
  • rascals
  • ratbags
  • rogues
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  • savages
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  • schlemiels
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  • simps
  • skunk
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  • swine
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  • tikes
  • troglodytes
  • turkeys
  • tykes
  • villains
  • woodenheads
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  • yo-yos

rat finks

  • Neanderthals
  • airheads
  • barbarians
  • bastards
  • beasts
  • betrayers
  • birdbrains
  • blabbermouths
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  • bleeders
  • blighters
  • blockheads
  • boobies
  • boors
  • bounders
  • brats
  • brutes
  • buggers
  • buzzards
  • cads
  • canaries
  • cavemen
  • chuffs
  • churls
  • clowns
  • collaborators
  • creeps
  • cretins
  • cruds
  • crumbs
  • curs
  • deep throats
  • dinks
  • dirtbags
  • dogs
  • dolts
  • doofuses
  • dopes
  • dorks
  • dufuses
  • dweebs
  • finks
  • fools
  • goons
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  • gossips
  • half-wits
  • heels
  • hounds
  • idiots
  • imbeciles
  • informants
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  • insolents
  • jackasses
  • jerks
  • jokers
  • leakers
  • loudmouths
  • louses
  • louts
  • lowlifes
  • lowlives
  • miscreants
  • morons
  • narks
  • nerds
  • nincompoops
  • ninnies
  • nits
  • nitwits
  • notifiers
  • nuisances
  • nuts
  • pests
  • pills
  • rascals
  • rats
  • reptiles
  • rogues
  • rotters
  • roughnecks
  • savages
  • scabs
  • scamps
  • schmoes
  • schmucks
  • scoundrels
  • scumbags
  • scums
  • scuzzballs
  • skunk
  • skunks
  • sleazebags
  • sleazeballs
  • sleazes
  • slimeballs
  • slimes
  • slobs
  • snakes
  • snips
  • snitchers
  • snitches
  • snobs
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  • snots
  • so-and-sos
  • sods
  • sons of guns
  • spies
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  • stinkards
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  • swine
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  • tattlers
  • tattletales
  • telltales
  • toads
  • turkeys
  • varmints
  • vermin
  • villains
  • vulgarians
  • whistle-blowers
  • wretches

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