rural

rural

adjective

Definition of RURAL

of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people <grew up in a rural community where more than half the people were farmers> <a painter noted for his rural landscapes>

Synonyms bucolic, country, pastoral, rustic (also rustical)

Related Words backwoods, backwoodsy, countrified (also countryfied), provincial; agrarian, agricultural; nonurban, semirural

Near Antonyms citified, urbanized; metro, metropolitan, municipal; nonagricultural, nonfarm

Antonyms urban