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provincial

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of provincial

not broad or open in views or opinions
  • Some people regard a fear of new things as an unmistakable sign of a provincial attitude.
Synonyms of provincial

illiberal, insular, Lilliputian, little, narrow, narrow-minded, parochial, petty, picayune, sectarian, small, small-minded
Words Related to provincial

inflexible, ironbound, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, set, stubborn, unyielding, wrongheaded

bigoted, intolerant

biased, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced

brass bound, hidebound, old-fashioned, reactionary, stodgy, straitlaced (or straightlaced), stuffy

dogmatic (also dogmatical), opinionated
Near Antonyms of provincial

impartial, nonpartisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced

freethinking
Antonyms of provincial

broad-minded, catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal, open, open-minded, receptive, tolerant

provincial

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of provincial

an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country
  • The confidence man figured that fleecing these provincials would be easy.
Synonyms of provincial

bumpkin, churl, clodhopper, cornball, countryman, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, rube, rustic, yokel
Words Related to provincial

boor, clod, clown, gawk, lout, oaf

greenhorn, tenderfoot

backwoodsman, mountaineer
Near Antonyms of provincial

slicker, smoothy (or smoothie)

metropolitan, suburbanite, urbanite
Antonyms of provincial

cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, sophisticate

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