GEORGIC Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of georgic

as in bucolic

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noun

as in pastoral

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Recent Examples of georgic

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And so the community would persist, a tableau of georgic calm sealed inside the bottle of a company town. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2020

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Those realistic works contrast with more romantic views of farming, which some artists filtered through a bucolic lens that no doubt concealed a grimmer reality.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026
So was avoiding the easy version of a Connecticut show, one dominated by recent Yale MFAs or famous artists with country houses up north in the bucolic Litchfield hills.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of bucolic

Adjective

So, if someone had a way of turning this global poison into a global ecological and agricultural balm, that’d be good, right?

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Sep. 2026
While Peru has traded largely tariff-free under a 2009 agreement, the new duties have hit Peru's agricultural exports, specifically blueberries, grapes and avocados.

— Marco Aquino, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of agricultural

Noun

In some ways, Birthright is an elegy to the Jewish experience in America—a place where Israel has been centered as our refuge and rightful homeland for the last 76-odd years.

— Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 12 Aug. 2026
But that selflessness comes to feel like the point of this lingering, resonantly sad film — above all else, an elegy for lives unseen and unknown.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of elegy

Adjective

The agrarian thinker captured — and defied — the political moment.

— Ryan Zickgraf, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
Wendell Berry, the prolific novelist, poet, essayist, philosopher, agrarian, activist, pacifist and farmer, who was one of Kentucky's greatest writers and helped inspire the farm-to-table and modern American food movement, has died.

— Courier Journal staff, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of agrarian

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Installed in 2019 and described by Shapiro as a vivid ode to action and risk, the 24-foot piece will be relocated by a foundation managing his artistic legacy.

— Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Named after the famed New York nightclub, Danceteria is an ode to the experiences Marc and his late musical partner Dave Ball had in the city in the ’80s.

— Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of ode

Adjective

Her parents had drained swamps in order to create arable land and served in the Haganah pre-state military organization.

— Natasha Mozgovaya, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
Given China’s shrinking labor force and the effects of overproduction and climate change on its arable land, Beijing is likely to remain reliant on foreign food products in the coming years.

— Caitlin Welsh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of arable

Noun

People can and should be skeptical about the sonnets written about starting NFL quarterbacks every offseason, when no one is getting sacked and almost everyone looks good.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
The conventions ground the writing as meter and rhyme steady a sonnet.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

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