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