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LOWBROW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lowbrow mean?
• LOWBROW (noun)
The noun LOWBROW has 1 sense:
1. a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
Familiarity information: LOWBROW used as a noun is very rare.
• LOWBROW (adjective)
The adjective LOWBROW has 1 sense:
1. characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes
Familiarity information: LOWBROW used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
anti-intellectual; lowbrow; philistine
Hypernyms ("lowbrow" is a kind of...):
pleb; plebeian (one of the common people)
Derivation:
lowbrow (characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes
Synonyms:
lowbrow; lowbrowed; uncultivated
Context example:
lowbrow tastes
Similar:
nonintellectual (not intellectual)
Derivation:
lowbrow (a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits)
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