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
This cream-of-the-crop hospitality, not to mention Wildflower Farms’ bucolic, utopia-evoking environs, seems like an ideal gateway for Abask — which, since 2022, has been in the business of breathing an air of unfussy refinement into the home decor space — to do its best work.
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 30 Dec. 2025
There’s everything from tomatoes to bananas, as well as livestock, along with a duck pond and some ersatz pigeon towers built to hide an ugly structure on the skyline that interrupts the bucolic view.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2025
Earhart’s voyage was one of 20 transatlantic flights attempted from the town’s bucolic airstrip.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025
Take a leisurely walk through the bucolic pastureland and enjoy watching these beautiful gentle creatures enjoy their home.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 30 Dec. 2025
There’s everything from tomatoes to bananas, as well as livestock, along with a duck pond and some ersatz pigeon towers built to hide an ugly structure on the skyline that interrupts the bucolic view.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2025
Earhart’s voyage was one of 20 transatlantic flights attempted from the town’s bucolic airstrip.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025
Take a leisurely walk through the bucolic pastureland and enjoy watching these beautiful gentle creatures enjoy their home.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucolic
rural
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Kogo said the rural intersection of Broward and Palm Beach counties is vulnerable because there are large snakes there, and still a good number of large prey, such as raccoons, bobcats and deer.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2026
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The rural highway was closed in both directions while the crash was investigated and the wreckage cleared.—
Kristina Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Bucolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucolic. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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