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- pronunciation:
- ruh
stihk
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, occurring, or living in a rural area.
They'd rather live in a rustic setting than in a city or suburbia.There is often a lot of physical work involved in rustic living.- synonyms:
- pastoral, rural
- antonyms:
- urban
- similar words:
- agrarian, bucolic, countrified
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| definition 2: |
like or characteristic of rural areas, customs, artifacts, and the like.
They enjoying retreating to their rustic cabin in the woods.- similar words:
- backwoods, churlish, countrified, down-home
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| definition 3: |
unsophisticated; simple; unpolished.
Our furniture is rustic, but it serves us well.- synonyms:
- crude, unrefined, unsophisticated
- antonyms:
- sophisticated
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| related words: |
crude, raw, simple |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a person from a rural area, esp. one who is unsophisticated, uncouth, or the like.
- synonyms:
- clodhopper, peasant, yokel
- antonyms:
- urbanite
- similar words:
- barbarian, bumpkin, hick
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| related words: |
barbarian |
| derivations: |
rustically (adv.), rusticity (n.), rusticness (n.) |
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