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Main Entry:
rural [roor-uhl]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: country, not urban
Synonyms: Arcadian, agrarian, agricultural, agronomic, backwoods, bucolic, countrified, farm, georgic, idyllic, natural, outland, pastoral, provincial, ranch, rustic, rustical, simple, sylvan, unsophisticated
Antonyms: city, metropolitan, suburban, urban
Main Entry: agricultural
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: concerning farming, land
Synonyms: aggie, agronomical, arboricultural, floricultural, gardening, horticultural, ranch, rural, rustic
Main Entry: calm
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: peaceful, quiet (inanimate)
Synonyms: at a standstill, at peace, bland, breathless, breezeless, bucolic, cool, halcyon, harmonious, hushed, in order, inactive, low-key, mild, motionless, pacific, pastoral, placid, quiescent, reposeful, reposing, restful, rural, serene, slow, smooth, soothing, still, stormless, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, waveless, windless
Antonyms: excited, fierce, frenzied, rough, stormy, turbulent, violent, wild
Main Entry: hick
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rustic
Synonyms: backwoodsman/woman, boor, bumpkin, clodhopper, cornfed, country boy/girl, country cousin, countryman/woman, farmer, hayseed, hillbilly, local yokel, redneck, rube, rural, yokel
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: redneck
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hick
Synonyms: backwoodsman/woman, boor, bumpkin, clodhopper, cornfed, country boy/girl, country cousin, countryman/woman, farmer, good old boy, hayseed, hillbilly, local yokel, rube, rural, rustic, yokel
Main Entry: rustic
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person from the country, with little experience
Synonyms: backwoodsperson, boor, country cousin, countryperson, farmer, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, mountaineer, peasant, provincial, redneck, rural, yokel
Antonyms: city boy
Main Entry: countrified
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: provincial
Synonyms: agrarian, rural, rustic
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