Crude meaning

What does “crude” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“crude” is a noun and adjective with 7 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.

crude

noun

  1. a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

adjective

  1. not carefully or expertly made

    “managed to make a crude splint”

    “a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them”

    Synonymsrough
  2. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

    “coarse language”

    “a crude joke”

  3. not refined or processed

    “unrefined ore”

    “crude oil”

  4. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

    “the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man”

    “primitive movies of the 1890s”

  5. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

    “the blunt truth”

    “the crude facts”

    Synonymsbluntstark
  6. not processed or subjected to analysis

    “raw data”

    “the raw cost of production”

    Synonymsraw

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University