Synonyms for Rural
ˈrʊər əlru·ral

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1. ruraladjective

   Synonyms:
   landly, campestral

   Antonyms:
   suburban, urban

2. ruraladjective

   pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas

   Synonyms:
   landly, campestral

   Antonyms:
   urban, suburban

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. rural

   Rural and rustic are alike derived from the Latin rus, country, and may be alike defined as pertaining to, characteristic of, or dwelling in the country; but in usage rural refers especially to scenes or objects in the country, considered as the work of nature; rustic refers to their effect upon man or to their condition as affected by human agency; as, a rural scene; a rustic party; a rustic lass. We speak, however, of the rural population, rural simplicity, etc. Rural has always a favorable sense; rustic frequently an unfavorable one, as denoting a lack of culture and refinement; thus, rustic politeness expresses that which is well-meant, but awkward; similar ideas are suggested by a rustic feast, rustic garb, etc. Rustic is, however, often used of a studied simplicity, an artistic rudeness, which is pleasing and perhaps beautiful; as, a rustic cottage; a rustic chair. Pastoral refers to the care of flocks, and to the shepherd's life with the pleasing associations suggested by the old poetic ideal of that life; as, pastoral poetry. Bucolic is kindred to pastoral, but is a less elevated term, and sometimes slightly contemptuous.

   Synonyms:
   agricultural, artless, awkward, boorish, bucolic, clownish, coarse, countrified, country, hoidenish, inelegant, outlandish, pastoral, plain, rude, rustic, sylvan, uncouth, unpolished, unsophisticated, untaught, verdant

   Antonyms:
   accomplished, city-like, cultured, elegant, polished, polite, refined, urban, urbane, well-bred

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. rural

   Synonyms:
   countrified, rustic, agricultural, bucolic, verdant, sylvan, grassy, arcadian, pastoral

   Antonyms:
   urban, oppidan, civic

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1. Ruraladjective

   Synonyms:
   Rustic.

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. ruraladjective

   living in or characteristic of farming or country life

   "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"

   Antonyms:
   citified, city-born, city-like, cityfied, urban, urbanized, city-bred, urbanised

2. ruraladjective

   of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city

   "rural electrification"; "rural free delivery"

   Antonyms:
   urbanized, city-bred, city-like, urbanised, urban, citified, cityfied, city-born

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1. ruraladjective

   Synonyms:
   rustic, pastoral, country

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1. ruraladjective

   Synonyms:
   rustic, country, countrified, pastoral, bucolic, agrestic

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1. List of paraphrases for "rural":

   rurale, countryside, rurales, agricultural, village, campesina, rural-based, peasant, wsi, villages

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How to use Rural in a sentence?

1. Yvonne Hooks:

   I wanted people to be able to come in and get The Hookses ' meal... and get The Hookses ' receipt and hear someone say,' Have a nice day !' there is so much food insecurity... especially in rural communities.

2. Tam Tri:

   Whenever I am contacted about a death, I can speak only two words: 'Why?' and 'Again?' these young people … were living in great poverty in remote rural areas and their parents were suffering hardship.

3. Eric Bland:

   We're talking about an extremely small rural town where this family presides over any number of different capacities and people see the power this family has had, so you normally... question authority, but sometimes you just don't question authority because you're afraid to or you are told things are being handled and you just trust it.

4. Jang Se-yul:

   No one knows ... his company runs business as usual. That's why what he does is scarier, my friend, who belongs to a rural area, could bring all of his family to Pyongyang. Incentives for North Korea's cyber experts are very strong ... they are rich people in Pyongyang.

5. Rachel Caufield:

   This is home of rural populism and it manifests in very different ways on theft and the right, on the left if manifests as a distrust of corporations and economic power.And Hillary Clinton’s message is n’t resonating with those folks in the same way that say Barack Obama’s did. You still have a lot of those folks who were diehard Bernie supporters who will continue to be Bernie supporters and they’re not sure that Hillary Clinton embraces some of the ideological positions that they want to see in their Democratic Party.