as in rural
of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people
a bucolic region where farms are still common
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Recent Examples of bucolic
In recent years, Anderson has been embracing a simpler life, leaving Hollywood to live a more bucolic life in a small town on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, where she was born and raised.
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Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2026
A lot of the film’s leisurely old-world sensibility comes from its bucolic Connecticut locations.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
Captive in bucolic panopticons, their lives are at once aesthetically alluring, depressingly regressive and anthropologically fascinating.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
While Bag End—the tunnel-like home from Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings franchise—may provide bucolic solace for Frodo Baggins, played by actor Elijah Wood, the hobbit-hole digs are hardly suitable for humans.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2026
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Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2026
A lot of the film’s leisurely old-world sensibility comes from its bucolic Connecticut locations.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
Captive in bucolic panopticons, their lives are at once aesthetically alluring, depressingly regressive and anthropologically fascinating.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
While Bag End—the tunnel-like home from Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings franchise—may provide bucolic solace for Frodo Baggins, played by actor Elijah Wood, the hobbit-hole digs are hardly suitable for humans.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucolic
rural
Adjective
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My priorities would be focused on lowering costs, protecting Idaho’s freedom and quality of life, and making sure rural communities aren’t left behind.—
Kevin Fixler
May 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 May 2026
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The Sullivan County Golf Club is a rural 9-hole course that opened back in 1925 in Liberty, New York, a small town about two hours from Manhattan, up in the Catskill Mountains where tourists used to flock during the Borscht Belt resort boom.—
Lee Cowan,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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“Bucolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucolic. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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