"barbarian" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: primitive, primitive person - a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
subtypes:
- anthropophagite, anthropophagus, cannibal, man-eater - a person who eats human flesh
- head-shrinker, headhunter - a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
- hunter-gatherer - a member of a hunting and gathering society
- vandal - a member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455
specific instances: odoacer, odovacar, odovakar - Germanic barbarian leader who ended the Western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493)

same as: savage
is a type of: disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

same as: boor, churl, goth, peasant, tike, tyke

Adjective

similar to: noncivilised, noncivilized - not having a high state of culture and social development

same as: barbaric, savage, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild