" high-toned "

1: as in intellectual, highbrow;

•  Synonyms : 

•  cerebral,

•  highbrow,

•  highbrowed,

•  intellectual,

•  intellectualist,

•  intellectualistic,

•  accomplished,

•  civilized,

•  couth,

•  cultivated,

•  cultured,

•  genteel,

•  polished,

•  refined,

•  educated,

•  erudite,

•  knowledgeable,

•  learned,

•  literate,

•  scholarly,

•  well-read,

•  civil,

•  courteous,

•  mannerly,

•  polite,

•  well-bred,

•  cosmopolitan,

•  sophisticated,

•  urbane,

•  hypercivilized,

•  overcivilized,

•  oversophisticated

•  Antonyms : 

•  barbaric,

•  barbarous,

•  philistine,

•  uncivilized,

•  uncultured,

•  ungenteel,

•  unpolished,

•  unrefined,

•  ignorant,

•  illiterate,

•  uneducated,

•  unlettered,

•  lowbrow,

•  unintelligent,

•  coarse,

•  ill-bred,

•  ill-mannered,

•  backwoods,

•  provincial,

•  rustic,

•  inelegant,

•  polyester,

•  unsophisticated,

•  boorish,

•  churlish,

•  cloddish,

•  clownish,

•  crude,

•  uncouth,

•  vulgar

2: as in airy, high-flown;

•  Synonyms : 

•  airy,

•  grandiloquent,

•  high-flown,

•  high-sounding,

•  sententious,

•  affected,

•  grandiose,

•  highfalutin,

•  high-minded,

•  la-di-da,

•  ostentatious,

•  pompous,

•  pretentious,

•  snippy,

•  arrogant,

•  bumptious,

•  complacent,

•  conceited,

•  egoistic,

•  egotistic,

•  high-and-mighty,

•  high-handed,

•  high-hat,

•  hoity-toity,

•  imperious,

•  important,

•  overweening,

•  presumptuous,

•  prideful,

•  proud,

•  self-asserting,

•  self-assertive,

•  self-centered,

•  self-complacent,

•  self-conceited,

•  self-important,

•  self-obsessed,

•  self-pleased,

•  self-satisfied,

•  smug,

•  uppity,

•  vain,

•  vainglorious,

•  self-aggrandizing,

•  self-dramatizing,

•  self-glorifying,

•  self-promoting,

•  cavalier,

•  disdainful,

•  haughty,

•  lordly,

•  snobbish,

•  snobby,

•  stuck-up,

•  supercilious,

•  superior,

•  confident,

•  self-assured,

•  self-confident,

•  sure,

•  boastful,

•  braggart,

•  bragging,

•  aggressive,

•  assertive,

•  audacious,

•  bold,

•  brassy,

•  cheeky,

•  cocky,

•  forward,

•  impudent,

•  insolent,

•  rude,

•  flamboyant,

•  flashy,

•  flaunting,

•  garish,

•  gaudy,

•  glitzy,

•  showy,

•  splashy

•  Antonyms : 

•  modest,

•  unpretentious,

•  demure,

•  down-to-earth,

•  homely,

•  humble,

•  lowly,

•  meek,

•  retiring,

•  unassertive,

•  unassuming,

•  bashful,

•  diffident,

•  mousy,

•  overmodest,

•  passive,

•  quiet,

•  reserved,

•  shy,

•  timid