Crude — synonyms, definition

1. crude (a)

abrupt artless awkward barbarian barbaric bare bawdy bluff boisterous boorish brash brazen brief brusque brutal bumbling callow cheeky churlish clumsy • • •

2. crude (Adjective)

blunt brute primitive ripe stark unprocessed

crude (Adjective) — Not carefully or expertly made. ex. "managed to make a crude splint" ex. "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"

crude (Adjective) — Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent. ex. "a crude joke" ex. "crude behaviour"

crude (Adjective) — Not refined or processed. ex. "crude oil"

crude (Adjective) — Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness. ex. "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"

crude (Adjective) — Devoid of any qualifications, disguise or adornment. ex. "the crude facts"

crude (Adjective) — Not processed or subjected to analysis. ex. "only the crude vital statistics"

3. crude (Noun)

black gold crude oil fossil oil oil petroleum rock oil

crude (Noun) — A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.

fossil fuel oil resid residual oil C atomic number 6 carbon