Synonyms and Antonyms of rude
1
hastily or roughly constructed
- a rude shelter built from unfinished logs by some forgotten pioneer
artless, clumsy, crude, jerry-built, jerry-rigged, jury-rigged, rough, rough-and-ready, rough-and-tumble, rough-hewn, unrefined
defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect
imprecise, inexact
inartistic, undressed, unfinished, unpolished, unworked
amateur, amateurish, inexpert, unprofessional, unskilled, unskillful
primitive, rudimentary
unshaped, unshapen
faultless, finished, flawless, meticulous, perfect, perfected, polished, well-done
adept, adroit, dexterous (also dextrous), expert, masterful, masterly, neat, practiced (also practised), skillful, workmanlike
artful, artistic, sophisticated
exact, precise
2
belonging to or characteristic of an early level of skill or development
basic, simple, uncomplicated
homely, homespun, unsophisticated
early, embryonic, primeval, primordial
backward, underdeveloped, undeveloped
aged, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, dated, fusty, hoary, musty, obsolete, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out-of-date, outworn, passé, past, quaint, unmodernized
complex, complicated, intricate, involved, sophisticated
full-blown, grown, mature, matured, perfected, ripe, ripened
civilized, cultivated, enlightened, refined
contemporary, current, latest, mod, modern, modernistic, new, newfangled, new-fashioned, novel, now, present-day, space-age, state-of-the-art, supermodern, ultramodern, up-to-date
3
lacking in refinement or good taste
- a comedian who uses a lot of rude language in his nightclub act
coarse, common, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, illiberal [archaic], incult, insensible, low, lowbred, lowbrow, raffish, rough, rough-hewn, roughneck, rugged, tasteless, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar
