 rustic |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] awkwardly simple and provincial | |
| Synonyms: | hick unsophisticated bumpkinly | |
| Examples: | "bumpkinly country boys" "rustic farmers" "a hick town" "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists" |
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| Related terms: | provincial | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (agriculture) characteristic of rural life | |
| Synonyms: | countryfied countrified | |
| Examples: | "countrified clothes" "rustic awkwardness" |
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| Related terms: | rural | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] used of idealized country life | |
| Synonyms: | bucolic pastoral arcadian | |
| Examples: | "a country life of arcadian contentment" "a pleasant bucolic scene" "charming in its pastoral setting" "rustic tranquility" |
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| Related terms: | rural | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (agriculture) characteristic of the fields or country | |
| Synonyms: | agrestic | |
| Examples: | "agrestic simplicity" "rustic stone walls" |
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| Related terms: | rural | |
| 5. | [ noun ] an unsophisticated country person | |
| Related terms: | commoner peasant yokel coon hillbilly woodsman countrywoman countryman redneck rusticate | |
| Similar spelling: |
rusticity rusticism rusticate |
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