| Main Entry: | colonial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pioneering, relating to a nonindependent or new territory |
Synonyms: |
crude, dependent, dominion, early American, emigrant, frontier, immigrant, new, outland, pilgrim, pioneer, prerevolutionary, primitive, provincial, puritan, territorial, transplanted, uncultured, unsettled, unsophisticated, wild |
Antonyms: |
modern, new |
| 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: | 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: | country |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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