Synonyms of rustic

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noun

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• peasant
• provincial
• hick
• bumpkin
• cornball
• hayseed
• rube
• mountaineer
• clown
• yokel
• countryman
• chawbacon
• clodhopper
• boor
• greenhorn
• tenderfoot
• churl
• gawk
• backwoodsman
• peon
• lout
• oaf
• clod

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cosmopolitan
• sophisticate
• cosmopolite
• smoothie
• slicker
• metropolitan
• urbanite
• suburbanite
• smoothy

• cosmopolitan
• sophisticate
• cosmopolite
• smoothie
• slicker
• metropolitan
• urbanite
• suburbanite
• smoothy

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rustic

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adjective

variants 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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wooden
• clumsy
• awkward
• angular
• stiff
• uncomfortable
• uneasy
• stilted
• embarrassed
• rough-hewn
• ungraceful
• gauche
• inelegant
• meek
• timid
• graceless
• distressed
• disturbed
• rattled
• flustered
• gawky
• uncouth
• clownish
• ungainly
• lubberly
• boorish
• nervous
• modest
• unassuming
• unpretentious
• disconcerted
• abashed
• discomfited
• upset
• discountenanced
• unsettled
• unassertive
• agitated
• unhinged
• perturbed
• discomforted
• diffident
• jumpy
• insecure
• disquieted
• discomposed
• nonplussed
• bothered
• jittery
• mortified
• dismayed
• chagrined
• self-conscious
• fazed
• nonplused
• self-doubting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• graceful
• urbane
• suave
• serene
• tranquil
• cool
• calm
• composed
• undisturbed
• secure
• collected
• placid
• confident
• unperturbed
• poised
• assured
• self-possessed
• self-assured
• self-confident

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• graceful
• urbane
• suave
• serene
• tranquil
• cool
• calm
• composed
• undisturbed
• secure
• collected
• placid
• confident
• unperturbed
• poised
• assured
• self-possessed
• self-assured
• self-confident

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2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rural
• bucolic
• pastoral
• country
• countrified
• countryfied
• backwoodsy
• agrarian
• provincial
• agricultural
• backwoods
• semirural
• nonurban

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• urban
• urbanized
• metropolitan
• municipal
• citified
• metro
• nonagricultural
• nonfarm

• urban
• urbanized
• metropolitan
• municipal
• citified
• metro
• nonagricultural
• nonfarm

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