Antonyms for provincial
prəˈvɪn ʃəlpro·vin·cial

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1. provincial

   Antonyms:
   central, metropolitan, modish, fashionable, courtly

   Synonyms:
   appendant, annexed, outlying, rural, countrified, rustic, bucolic

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1. • Roman Catholic
   • Official

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1. provincialnoun

   (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order

   "the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials"

   Antonyms:
   travelled, cosmopolitan, traveled

   Synonyms:
   peasant, bucolic

2. peasant, provincial, bucolicadjective

   a country person

   Antonyms:
   cosmopolitan, travelled, traveled

   Synonyms:
   bucolic, peasant, churl, idyll, barbarian, tyke, idyl, boor, tike, eclogue

3. provincialadjective

   of or associated with a province

   "provincial government"

   Antonyms:
   cosmopolitan, travelled, traveled

4. provincialadjective

   characteristic of the provinces or their people

   "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"

   Antonyms:
   travelled, traveled, cosmopolitan

How to use provincial in a sentence?

1. Sardard Adul Nabi:

   No provincial government can afford to ignore such weather patterns, and (we) need to make all socio-economic sectors adaptive to them.

2. Graeme Smith:

   It is certainly the first major breach of a provincial capital since 2001, they are choking the Afghan forces from all sides. It looks pretty grim.

3. Najeeb Saeed:

   Since the occupation in 2003 we have not had any representative from Tikrit in the provincial council or parliament. Because Saddam was from Tikrit. They say in Baghdad we ruled Iraq for 35 years and it's enough.

4. Muhammad Farasat Iqbal:

   It’s one of the top priorities of the provincial government, to ensure provision of clean drinking water in each locality, as access to clean water is a fundamental human right.

5. Liberal Matt Grant:

   The big thing the NDP provincial government showed is that change is possible.

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