rustic

Synonyms

awkward, clumsy, gauche, graceless, inelegant, rough-hewn, stiff, stilted, uncomfortable, uneasy, ungraceful, wooden;

Antonyms

graceful, suave, urbane;

Near Antonyms

assured, calm, collected, composed, confident, cool, placid, poised, secure, self-assured, self-confident, self-possessed, serene, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed;

Related Words

angular, gawky, lubberly, ungainly;

boorish, clownish, uncouth;

abashed, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, discountenanced, embarrassed;

self-conscious;

agitated, bothered, chagrined, dismayed, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, fazed, flustered, jittery, jumpy, mortified, nervous, nonplussed (also nonplused), perturbed, rattled, unhinged, unsettled, upset;

diffident, insecure, meek, modest, self-doubting, timid, unassertive, unassuming, unpretentious;

Synonyms

bumpkin, churl, clodhopper, cornball, countryman, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, provincial, rube, yokel;

Antonyms

cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, sophisticate;

Near Antonyms

slicker, smoothy (or smoothie);

metropolitan, suburbanite, urbanite;

Related Words

boor, clod, clown, gawk, lout, oaf;

greenhorn, tenderfoot;

backwoodsman, mountaineer;