philistine

philistine is a 10-letter English word with 9 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine.
2. noun. A bailiff.
3. noun. A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests.
4. adjective. Of or pertaining to the Philistines.
5. adjective. Uncultured; commonplace.
6. noun. a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
7. noun. a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits

   Synonyms: lowbrow

8. adjective. smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
9. adjective. of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people

Synonyms

lowbrow

Common word forms

philistines, philistinely

Words from these letters

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