as in peasant
an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country
a rustic who was awed by the prices that city dwellers had to pay
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also rustical
1
as in wooden
lacking social grace and assurance
rustic yokels whose first impulse was to smirk gawkily at anyone not of their own kind
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as in rural
of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people
a rustic area that has a refreshing lack of billboards and shopping malls
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Recent Examples of rustic
Alexandria Abramian, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
Before the tourism boom, Joshua Tree was dominated by RV hookups, rustic (read: cheap) roadside motels and, mostly, small (2-3 bedroom) homes available on a short-term basis.
—Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Rebecca Firkser, Saveur, 23 Oct. 2025
Early travelers remarked on the fairy-tale character of rustic stone villages and the awe-inspiring beauty of the Accursed Mountains.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Vanessa Alexander and her husband, former ICM talent manager turned developer Steve Alexander, have listed their rustic-minimalist 7,000-square-foot home located in Malibu Canyon less than two miles from Point Dume for $125,000 a month.
—Alexandria Abramian, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
Before the tourism boom, Joshua Tree was dominated by RV hookups, rustic (read: cheap) roadside motels and, mostly, small (2-3 bedroom) homes available on a short-term basis.
—Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Inspired by Mexican camote enmielado, this rustic tart is the perfect finale to a cold-weather feast.
—Rebecca Firkser, Saveur, 23 Oct. 2025
Early travelers remarked on the fairy-tale character of rustic stone villages and the awe-inspiring beauty of the Accursed Mountains.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rustic
Noun
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In those intervening 35 years, China had moved 800 million rural peasants — living in extreme poverty on US$2 a day — into city apartments and integrated them into the global economy.—
Peter Leyden,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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More than two million peasant families were given land.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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All of us piled into one wooden shack that was built as an outpost.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Historic Delaware Hotel With its antique furnishings, wooden floors, and charming quirks, the colorful Historic Delaware Hotel is brimming with old-world character that feels evocative of Leadville’s silver boom days.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The 22-year-old was one of nearly 1,000 partygoers who attended the event, which was held at a rural farmhouse in Frenchtown Township, Mich.—
Kelsey Lentz,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Among them are a shortage of child-care educators, trouble creating care options that meet families’ needs, some providers’ reluctance to accept state vouchers, and uneven care availability in rural areas.—
Elliot Haspel,
The Atlantic,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sanders is a Catholic priest and former Augustinian provincial in California and lives in the Augustinian community in North Park.—
Gary Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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The same year, he was appointed as a provincial for the order.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Even the basic details of the situation can sound like the clumsy plot of some apocalyptic thriller.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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An exceptionally clumsy device.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ricky develops romantic feelings for Chad even though Russ plays him as a soft-spoken, possibly dim rural hick who may well be a literal man-child.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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Without so many of the fears, complexes, and prejudices hick shaped us in the ‘90s and the ‘00s.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Clifton loved motorcycles and, as Hawkins said, was a country bumpkin who loved nature.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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Ma and Pa Kent are the most stereotypical country bumpkins imaginable.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Noun
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This guy might be single-handedly responsible for generations of people having an irrational fear of clowns.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Unlike past attempts at fictionalizing his life, Macmanus barely touches on the fact that Gacy had a hobby of dressing up like a clown, and doesn’t show any actual murders in the series.—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Rustic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rustic. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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