CRUDE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CRUDE?

Need another word that means the same as “crude”? Find 73 synonyms and 30 related words for “crude” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Crude” are: rough, blunt, stark, unprocessed, unrefined, earthy, gross, vulgar, primitive, rude, raw, unpurified, untreated, imprecise, not accurate, not exact, approximate, coarse-grained, general, vague, hazy, woolly, simple, basic, rudimentary, rough and ready, makeshift, improvised, cobbled together, homespun, unfinished, unpolished, unformed, undeveloped, substandard, bad, deficient, defective, faulty, imperfect, inferior, mediocre, risqué, suggestive, racy, off colour, colourful, indecent, bawdy, obscene, offensive, lewd, salacious, licentious, ribald, rabelaisian, boorish, coarse, uncouth, indelicate, crass, tasteless, sordid, smutty, dirty, filthy, pornographic, scatological, crude oil, fossil oil, oil, petroleum, rock oil

Crude as a Noun

Definitions of "Crude" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crude” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
• Natural mineral oil.

Synonyms of "Crude" as a noun (5 Words)

crude oil	A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
fossil oil	The remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil.
oil	An oil painting. The oil industry.
petroleum	A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
rock oil	United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984.

Usage Examples of "Crude" as a noun

• The ship was carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude.

Crude as an Adjective

Definitions of "Crude" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crude” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Not carefully or expertly made.
• (of figures) not adjusted or corrected.
• Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment.
• (of an action) showing little finesse or subtlety and as a result unlikely to succeed.
• Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness.
• Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent.
• In a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined.
• Not refined or processed.
• (of an estimate or guess) likely to be only approximately accurate.
• Not processed or subjected to analysis.
• Constructed in a rudimentary or makeshift way.
• Offensively coarse or rude, especially in relation to sexual matters.

Synonyms of "Crude" as an adjective (68 Words)

approximate	Close to the actual, but not completely accurate or exact. Approximate leaves grow together but are not united.
bad	Feeling physical discomfort or pain tough is occasionally used colloquially for bad. She felt bad all over.
basic	Common to or required by everyone; primary and ineradicable or inalienable. The basic ingredients.
blunt	(of a cutting implement) not having a sharp edge or point. Thick marks made by a blunt pencil.
boorish	Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance. Was boorish and insensitive.
coarse	Relating to the sport of angling for coarse fish. Indecent language and coarse jests.
coarse-grained	Not having a fine texture.
cobbled together	Mentally and emotionally stable.
colourful	Full of interest; lively and exciting. She made it clear in colourful language that she did not wish to talk to the police.
crass	(of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility. The crass assumptions that men make about women.
defective	Imperfect or faulty. Defective speech.
deficient	Inadequate in amount or degree. The documentary evidence is deficient.
earthy	Sensible and practical. Earthy smells of new mown grass.
faulty	Characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules. He submitted a faulty report.
filthy	Contemptible (used for emphasis. Filthy language.
general	Prevailing among and common to the general public. In general terms.
gross	Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible. A projected gross take off weight of 500 000 pounds.
hazy	Indistinct or hazy in outline. The picture we have of him is extremely hazy.
homespun	(of cloth or yarn) made or spun at home. Homespun philosophy.
imperfect	(of a cadence) ending on the dominant chord. Drainage here is imperfect.
imprecise	Not precise. Imprecise astronomical observations.
improvised	Done or made using whatever is available; makeshift. An improvised short speech.
indecent	Offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters. They leaped on the suggestion with indecent haste.
indelicate	Having or showing a lack of sensitive understanding or tact. An earthy often indelicate sense of humour.
inferior	Of low or inferior quality. Inferior goods.
lewd	Crude and offensive in a sexual way. She began to gyrate to the music and sing a lewd song.
licentious	Lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained. Coarse and licentious men.
makeshift	Done or made using whatever is available. The rock served as a makeshift hammer.
mediocre	Of only average quality; not very good. He is an enthusiastic if mediocre painter.
not accurate	Characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct.
not exact	Marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact.
obscene	Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness. The dance often becomes flagrantly obscene.
off colour	Not in operation or operational.
offensive	Morally offensive. Offensive operations against the insurgents.
pornographic	Designed to arouse lust. Pornographic films and magazines.
primitive	Very basic or unsophisticated in terms of comfort, convenience, or efficiency. Primitive societies.
rabelaisian	Of or relating to or characteristic of Francois Rabelais or his works.
raw	From a traditional tribal or rural culture. Oversewing is used to neaten raw edges.
ribald	Humorously vulgar. Ribald language.
risqué	Suggestive of sexual impropriety.
rough	Of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped. A few rough sketches.
rough and ready	Unkind or cruel or uncivil.
rude	Belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and often crudeness. He is a rude and arrogant bully.
rudimentary	Involving or limited to basic principles. He received a rudimentary education.
salacious	Characterized by lust. Salacious limericks.
scatological	Relating to or characterized by an interest in excrement and excretion. Scatological humour.
simple	Having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved. The simple truth.
sordid	Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt. The overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading.
stark	Unpleasantly or sharply clear. His position is in stark contrast to that of Curran.
substandard	Below the usual or required standard. Substandard housing.
suggestive	Tending to suggest something improper or indecent. Flavours suggestive of coffee and blackberry.
tasteless	Lacking flavour. A tasteless joke.
uncouth	(of art or language) lacking sophistication or delicacy. An untutored and uncouth human being.
undeveloped	Undeveloped or unused. Undeveloped buds and shoots.
unfinished	Lacking a surface finish such as paint. Unfinished furniture.
unformed	Not formed or organized. An as yet unformed government.
unpolished	Not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing. His shoes were unpolished.
unprocessed	Not altered from an original or natural state. Fresh unprocessed food.
unpurified	Not made pure. Unpurified water.
unrefined	Not refined; uncouth. Unrefined ore.
untreated	Not given medical care or treatment. An untreated fabric.
vague	Not clearly expressed or understood. Vague forms of speech have so long passed for mysteries of science.
woolly	Confused and vague; used especially of thinking. Woolly headed ideas.

Usage Examples of "Crude" as an adjective

• The crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man.
• A crude estimate of the number of people available for work.
• A relatively crude nuclear weapon.
• The crude facts.
• A crude joke.
• The crude mortality rate.
• Crude behavior.
• Managed to make a crude splint.
• The measure was condemned by economists as crude and ill-conceived.
• Only the crude vital statistics.
• Crude oil.
• A crude cabin of logs with bark still on them.

Associations of "Crude" (30 Words)

artless	(of persons) lacking art or knowledge. An artless manner.
asperity	Harshness of manner. The asperity of northern winters.
boor	A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement. At last the big obnoxious boor had been dealt a stunning blow for his uncouth and belligerent manner.
boorish	Rough and bad-mannered; coarse. Boorish behaviour.
bumpy	(of a journey or other movement) involving sudden jolts and jerks. The bumpy flight brought on a bout of airsickness.
clumsy	Done awkwardly or without skill. Clumsy wooden shoes.
coarse	Relating to the sport of angling for coarse fish. Under the microscope they are seen to contain coarse grains.
craggy	Having hills and crags. A craggy coastline.
gauche	Lacking social polish. A shy and gauche teenager.
graceless	Lacking social polish. A totally graceless hostess.
grating	Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound. A high grating voice.
gravelly	Resembling, containing, or consisting of gravel. A gravelly voice.
inelegant	Lacking in refinement or grace or good taste. An inelegant title.
jagged	Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed. The jagged edges gashed their fingers.
loutish	Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance. Youths responsible for awful loutish behaviour.
maladroit	Inefficient or inept; clumsy. A maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve.
oafish	Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance. Oafish behaviour.
originally	With reference to the origin or beginning. The suggestions so originally and persuasively outlined.
pitiless	Without mercy or pity. A night of pitiless rain.
raspy	Hoarse or harsh-sounding. A persistent raspy cough.
raw	Being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes. There were a number of errors in the raw data.
rough	With roughness or violence rough is an informal variant for roughly. The lifeboat crew braved rough seas to rescue a couple.
rude	Belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and often crudeness. Bales of rude cotton.
rugged	Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution. A week of rugged demanding adventure at an outdoor training centre.
stony	Hard as granite. The government maintained a stony silence about the affair.
tactless	Having or showing a lack of skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues. In the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age.
uncultivated	(of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops. Uncultivated land.
unfinished	Not brought to an end or conclusion. The building is still unfinished.
unrefined	(used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth. Unrefined ore.
unsophisticated	Not complicated or highly developed; basic. An unsophisticated machine.