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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rural, pastoral |
| Synonyms: | Arcadian, agrarian, agrestic, bucolic, campestral, countrified, georgic, homey, out-country, outland, provincial, rustic, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, unsophisticated |
| Notes: | country really refers to geographical characteristics while nation refers to political and social characteristics; country comes from Latin contrata (terra) 'the landscape in front of one, the landscape lying opposite to the view' and nation is from Latin nation-/natio 'race, class of person' a nation is made up of states - and a country is a nation defined geographically |
| Antonyms: | city, metropolitan, urban |
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| Main Entry: | bucolic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rural or rustic |
| Synonyms: | Arcadian, agrarian, agricultural, countrified, country, pastoral |
| Main Entry: | pastoral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | peaceful, especially referring to the countryside |
| Synonyms: | Arcadian, agrarian, agrestic, bucolic, countrified, country, idyllic, outland, provincial, rural, rustic, simple, sylvan |
| Antonyms: | agitated, bustling, busy, urban |
| Main Entry: | provincial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | countrified; limited |
| Synonyms: | bigoted, bucolic, country, hidebound, homegrown, homespun, insular, inward-looking, local, narrow, narrow-minded, parochial, pastoral, petty, rude, rural, rustic, sectarian, small-minded, small-town, uninformed, unpolished, unsophisticated |
| Antonyms: | citified, liberal, metropolitan, modern |
| Main Entry: | public |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | community, general |
| Synonyms: | accessible, city, civic, civil, common, communal, conjoint, conjunct, country, federal, free, free to all, government, governmental, intermutual, metropolitan, municipal, mutual, national, not private, open, open-door, popular, social, state, universal, unrestricted, urban, widespread, without charge |
| Antonyms: | particular, private, specific |
| Main Entry: | unworldly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not sophisticated; inexperienced |
| Synonyms: | artless, babe in woods, clean, corn-fed, country, folksy, green*, idealistic, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, raw*, simple, trusting, unaffected, unartificial, uncool, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, wide-eyed |
| Antonyms: | cultured, experienced, refined, sophisticated, worldly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | suburban |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | provincial |
| Synonyms: | country, rural |
| Antonyms: | cosmopolitan, metropolitan, urban |
| Main Entry: | arcadian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pastoral |
| Synonyms: | bucolic, countrified, country, idyllic, innocent, peaceful, provincial, rural, rustic, simple |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Land. |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; specific fluids |
| Synonyms: |
-adjectives
earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian; alluvial; terrene (world); landed, predial, territorial; geophilous; repicolous.
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