COUNTRYSIDE Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

countryside

noun

ˈkən-trē-ˌsīd

Definition of countryside

as in country

the open rural area outside of big towns and cities everyone hates to see the countryside ruined by new developments

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Recent Examples of countryside Set against the backdrop of the summer holidays, Sick revolves around sixteen-year-old Maks (Kąkol) and his older sister Emma (Łubik) who are sent to the Polish countryside to care for their ailing grandmother. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026 Kylie grieves over her comatose boyfriend, setting her on a journey to the English countryside in order to end the curse, and Antonia watches over Kylie’s beau in the hospital. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026 Last year, Aaron Rodgers bemoaned the Pittsburgh Steelers not getting to Ireland earlier to experience the countryside and have a Guinness from the tap. — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 As a young child visiting her grandparents in the Chilean countryside, Sandra Vásquez de la Horra went missing. — Salomé Gómez-Upegui, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for countryside

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That result shocked many Germans who had believed their country had developed an immunity to nationalism and assertions of racial superiority after confronting the horrors of its Nazi past through education and laws to prohibit persecution.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
Subsequent intermittent attacks between the two countries have coincided with higher domestic gas prices due to disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of country

Noun

Aaron Nkrumah, wing, 6-5, Tennessee State My favorite total out-of-nowhere guy, Nkrumah is one of only four American college players to make my top 75 despite not playing in a Power 5 conference, and unlike the others, his alma mater isn’t even a mid-major.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 20 June 2026
Little Rock advances with an out-of-nowhere comeback that leads to an 85-83 double-overtime victory over Purdue in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026

Definition of nowhere

Noun

Additionally the company employs an all-local team of chefs, wilderness guides, and property managers—a commitment that helps address the region’s rural migration crisis, as young people leave their villages to find work in more urban areas.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
Jason, Leo, and Piper are kids at the wilderness school, a camp for troubled kids.

— Kavya Dhillon, Parents, 19 Sep. 2026

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