| 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: | clown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid, ignorant person |
Synonyms: |
blockhead, boor, bucolic, buffoon, bumpkin, chuff, churl, clodhopper, gawk, hayseed, hick, hind, jake, lout, mucker, oaf, peasant, rube, rustic, swain, yahoo, yokel |
| 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: | 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 |
Antonyms: |
bad, disagreeble, flawed, imperfect |
| 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: | 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 |
| 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 |