Need another word that means the same as “provincial”? Find 30 synonyms and 30 related words for “provincial” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Provincial” are: outlying, rural, rustic, regional, territorial, local, unsophisticated, narrow-minded, parochial, suburban, insular, limited, restricted, conservative, narrow, bucolic, peasant, bumpkin, country bumpkin, country cousin, yokel, village idiot, churl, lout, boor, oaf, clown, barbarian, yahoo
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “provincial” as a noun can have the following definitions:
barbarian | A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement. You arrogant barbarian. |
boor | A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement. At last the big obnoxious boor had been dealt a stunning blow for his uncouth and belligerent manner. |
bucolic | A short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life. |
bumpkin | A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture. She thought Tom a bit of a country bumpkin. |
churl | A rude and mean-spirited person. This trio are used whenever some churl wants to have a pop at progressive rock. |
clown | A foolish or incompetent person. We need a serious government not a bunch of clowns. |
country bumpkin | A politically organized body of people under a single government. |
country cousin | The people who live in a nation or country. |
lout | An awkward stupid person. Drunken louts. |
oaf | A man who is rough or clumsy and unintelligent. They are just big clumsy oafs. |
peasant | One of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers. Peasant farmers. |
rustic | A small brownish European moth. They paused to watch the rustics dance and carouse. |
village idiot | A settlement smaller than a town. |
yahoo | One of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift. |
yokel | An uneducated and unsophisticated person from the countryside. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “provincial” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
conservative | (in a political context) favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas. They were very conservative in their outlook. |
insular | Relating to the insula of the brain. Goods of insular origin. |
limited | Denoting a limited company used after a company name. A limited number of places are available. |
local | Of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood. Researching local history. |
narrow | Denoting a vowel pronounced with the root of the tongue drawn back so as to narrow the pharynx. They ate a narrow range of foods. |
narrow-minded | Rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines. |
outlying | Relatively far from a center or middle. An outlying village. |
parochial | Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope. Little sympathy with parochial mentality. |
regional | Related or limited to a particular region. Regional variations. |
restricted | Restricted in meaning as e g man in a tall man. Some enzymes cleave DNA at restricted sites. |
rural | Living in or characteristic of farming or country life. Rural people. |
rustic | Awkwardly simple and provincial. A rustic bridge. |
suburban | Of or characteristic of a suburb. Elizabeth despised Ann s house proudness as deeply suburban. |
territorial | Displaying territoriality defending a territory from intruders. Territorial disputes. |
unsophisticated | Lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes. The nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists. |
autonomous | (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces. Autonomous underwater vehicles. |
borough | An English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament. |
bucolic | (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic. The church is lovely for its bucolic setting. |
capital | People who possess wealth and use it to control a society’s economic activity, considered collectively. Warsaw is the capital of Poland. |
city | A town created a city by charter and usually containing a cathedral. The city raised the tax rate. |
commune | A territorial division similar to a French commune in other countries. She went to California and joined a commune. |
community | Denoting a worker or resource designed to serve the people of a particular area. A community of nuns. |
county | Relating to or characteristic of aristocratic people with an ancestral home in a particular county. The county has a population of 12 345 people. |
depopulate | Substantially reduce the population of (an area. The epidemic depopulated the countryside. |
district | An area of a country or city, especially one characterized by a particular feature or activity. An elegant shopping district. |
domestic | Converted or adapted to domestic use. Everything sounded very peaceful and domestic. |
legislature | The legislative body of a country or state. The Nevada state legislature passed a law to prohibit dumping of nuclear waste. |
local | Of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood. The street was full of locals and tourists. |
localization | (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body. The tug of war between the forces of globalization and localization. |
metropolitan | Relating to or denoting a metropolitan or his see. The Boston metropolitan area. |
municipal | Of or relating to the government of a municipality. National and municipal elections. |
municipality | The governing body of a municipality. Voters in each municipality choose between four candidates. |
national | Owned or maintained for the public by the national government. She finished 16th at the nationals that year. |
parliament | A legislature similar to the UK Parliament in other nations and states. The act was passed by the last parliament of the reign. |
parochial | Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope. Parochial attitudes. |
populous | Densely populated. The populous city of Shanghai. |
prefecture | The official residence or headquarters of a prefect. Enraged fans besieged the Prefecture of Police. |
province | Northern Ireland. I made my way home to the dreary provinces by train. |
rural | In, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town. Large rural households. |
rustic | A small brownish European moth. They paused to watch the rustics dance and carouse. |
subdivide | Divide into smaller and smaller pieces. The cells subdivided. |
suburban | Of or characteristic of a suburb. Elizabeth despised Ann s house proudness as deeply suburban. |
town | The particular town under consideration especially one s own town. Churchill was in town. |
urban | Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area. Hip hop s traditionally urban vibe. |
village | A self contained district or community within a town or city regarded as having features characteristic of village life. All the village could do was listen. |
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