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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 pursuitsplay

  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 tastesplay

  Familiarity information: LOWBROW used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOWBROW (noun)


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)


LOWBROW (adjective)


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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