lowbrow
2 synonyms and 1 antonym for lowbrow, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Simple and undemanding, made for ordinary tastes rather than for the educated or cultured.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
uncultivated
lowbrowed
Antonyms
Etymology
A bahuvrihi compound of low + brow. An Americanism whose first use appears c. 1902. Refers to the (by that time discredited) pseudoscience of phrenology, which suggested that a person of low intelligence and sophistication would possess a lower brow-line than someone of greater intelligence and sophistication.
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