| Main Entry: | agrarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning land, farming |
Synonyms: |
agricultural, natural, peasant, rural, rustic, uncultivated, undomesticated |
| Main Entry: | bucolic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rural or rustic |
Synonyms: |
Arcadian, agrarian, agricultural, countrified, country, pastoral |
| Main Entry: | country |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rural, pastoral |
Synonyms: |
Arcadian, agrarian, agrestic, bucolic, campestral, countrified, georgic, homey, out-country, outland, provincial, rustic, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, unsophisticated |
| Notes: | country really refers to geographical characteristics while nation refers to political and social characteristics; country comes from Latin contrata (terra) 'the landscape in front of one, the landscape lying opposite to the view' and nation is from Latin nation-/natio 'race, class of person' a nation is made up of states - and a country is a nation defined geographically |
Antonyms: |
city, metropolitan, urban |
| Main Entry: | natural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | organic, unrefined |
Synonyms: |
agrarian, agrestal, crude, native, plain, pure, raw, unbleached, uncultivated, undomesticated, unmixed, unpolished, unprocessed, whole, wild |
Antonyms: |
artificial, fixed, modified, refined, unnatural |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | rustic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | country, rural |
Synonyms: |
Arcadian, agrarian, agricultural, artless, austere, bucolic, countrified, homely, homespun, homey, honest, natural, outland, pastoral, picturesque, plain, primitive, provincial, simple, sylvan, unaffected, unpolished, unrefined, unsophisticated, verdant |
Antonyms: |
city, metropolitan, suburban, urban |
| Main Entry: | wild |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | untamed |
Synonyms: |
agrarian, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, dense, desert, deserted, desolate, escaped, feral, ferocious, fierce, free, indigenous, lush, luxuriant, native, natural, neglected, overgrown, overrun, primitive, rampant, rude, savage, unbroken, uncivilized, uncultivated, undomesticated, uninhabited, untouched, vicious, waste |
Antonyms: |
civilized, controlled, delicate, gentle, manageable, tame |
| Main Entry: | countrified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | provincial |
Synonyms: |
agrarian, rural, rustic |
| Main Entry: | undomesticated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wild |
Synonyms: |
agrarian, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, dense, desert, deserted, desolate, escaped, feral, ferocious, fierce, free, indigenous, lush*, luxuriant, native, natural, neglected, overgrown, overrun, primitive, rampant, rough*, rude, savage, unbroken, uncivilized, uncultivated, uninhabited, untamed, untouched, vicious, waste |