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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: bucolic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: rural or rustic

Synonyms:

Arcadian, agrarian, agricultural, countrified, country, pastoral
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: clerical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: concerning clergy

Synonyms:

apostolic, canonical, churchly, cleric, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, episcopal, holy, ministerial, monastic, monkish, papal, parsonical, parsonish, pastoral, pontifical, prelatic, priestly, rabbinical, sacerdotal, sacred, theocratical
Main Entry: ecclesiastical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: churchly

Synonyms:

clerical, diaconal, episcopal, holy, ministerial, orthodox, parochial, pastoral, religious, sectarian, spiritual
Main Entry: halcyon
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: calm, peaceful

Synonyms:

at peace, balmy, bucolic, gentle, golden, happy, harmonious, palmy, pastoral, quiet, serene, soothing, still, sunny, tranquil, untroubled
Main Entry: idyllic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: perfect; extremely pleasant

Synonyms:

arcadian, bucolic, charming, comfortable, halcyon, heavenly, ideal, idealized, out-of-this-world, pastoral, peaceful, picturesque, pleasing, rustic, unspoiled
Notes: idle means not in action or at work; idyll means a simple descriptive work, either in poetry or prose, dealing with simple, rustic life - or a lighthearted carefree episode or experience; idyllic means excellent and delightful in all respects

Antonyms:

bad, disagreeble, flawed, imperfect
Main Entry: nomadic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: itinerant

Synonyms:

drifting, gypsy, itinerate, migrant, migratory, pastoral, perambulant, perambulatory, peripatetic, roaming, roving, traveling, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring

Antonyms:

native, settled
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: rural
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
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