RURAL: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for RURAL?

Need another word that means the same as “rural”? Find 3 synonyms and 30 related words for “rural” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Rural” are: pastoral, rustic, bucolic

Rural as an Adjective

Definitions of "Rural" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “rural” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• In, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town.
• Of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city.
• Living in or characteristic of farming or country life.

Synonyms of "Rural" as an adjective (3 Words)

bucolic	Relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle. A pleasant bucolic scene.
pastoral	(in the Christian Church) concerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance. A pastoral economy.
rustic	Characteristic of rural life. The unblemished charm of rustic life has been a perennial source of inspiration for the painter.

Usage Examples of "Rural" as an adjective

• Remote rural areas.
• Rural people.
• Large rural households.
• Unpaved rural roads.
• An economy that is basically rural.

Associations of "Rural" (30 Words)

agrarian	Relating to landed property. Brazil is rapidly diversifying its agrarian economy.
agricultural	Relating to agriculture. Agricultural land.
agriculture	The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862.
bucolic	(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic. A pleasant bucolic scene.
bumpkin	A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture. She thought Tom a bit of a country bumpkin.
commune	A territorial division similar to a French commune in other countries. Very few of the abbey s vineyards were actually located within the commune of Hautvillers.
community	The people of a district or country considered collectively, especially in the context of social values and responsibilities; society. He was well known throughout the Catholic community.
countryside	The inhabitants of countryside areas. The political influence of the countryside remains strong.
cowhand	A person employed to tend cattle or to run a ranch.
depopulate	Substantially reduce the population of (an area. The disease could depopulate a town the size of Bournemouth.
farmer	United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920.
farming	Relating to farming or agriculture. Sheep farming.
hamlet	A community of people smaller than a village.
idyll	An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll. The rural idyll remains strongly evocative in most industrialized societies.
idyllic	Suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene. His idyllic life in Tahiti.
nomad	A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons. The nomads who roam the borderlands of Afghanistan.
outlying	Situated far from a centre; remote. An outlying village.
outskirts	Outlying areas (as of a city or town. He built a new factory on the outskirts of Birmingham.
pastoral	Relating to or denoting a teacher’s responsibility for the general well-being of pupils or students. The pastoral care of boarders.
peasant	A poor smallholder or agricultural labourer of low social status (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries. Peasants left the farms to work in industry.
peon	A bullfighter who uses banderillas (darts thrust into a bull’s neck or shoulders); a banderillero. The elder son is a peon at a nearby school.
provincial	Of or associated with a province. Provincial elections.
reaper	Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe.
rustic	Made in a plain and simple fashion. A rustic oak bench.
serf	A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
slum	Spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one’s own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive. Attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century.
suburban	Of or characteristic of a suburb. Suburban life.
unsophisticated	Lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes. An unsophisticated machine.
village	A self contained district or community within a town or city regarded as having features characteristic of village life. The village hall.
yokel	A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture.