Antonyms for rural
ˈrʊər əlru·ral

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.3 / 6 votes

1. ruraladjective

   Antonyms:
   suburban, urban

   Synonyms:
   landly, campestral

2. ruraladjective

   pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas

   Synonyms:
   landly, campestral

   Antonyms:
   urban, suburban

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. rural

   Rural and rustic are alike derived from the Latin rus, country, and may be alike defined as pertaining to, characteristic of, or dwelling in the country; but in usage rural refers especially to scenes or objects in the country, considered as the work of nature; rustic refers to their effect upon man or to their condition as affected by human agency; as, a rural scene; a rustic party; a rustic lass. We speak, however, of the rural population, rural simplicity, etc. Rural has always a favorable sense; rustic frequently an unfavorable one, as denoting a lack of culture and refinement; thus, rustic politeness expresses that which is well-meant, but awkward; similar ideas are suggested by a rustic feast, rustic garb, etc. Rustic is, however, often used of a studied simplicity, an artistic rudeness, which is pleasing and perhaps beautiful; as, a rustic cottage; a rustic chair. Pastoral refers to the care of flocks, and to the shepherd's life with the pleasing associations suggested by the old poetic ideal of that life; as, pastoral poetry. Bucolic is kindred to pastoral, but is a less elevated term, and sometimes slightly contemptuous.

   Antonyms:
   accomplished, city-like, cultured, elegant, polished, polite, refined, urban, urbane, well-bred

   Synonyms:
   agricultural, artless, awkward, boorish, bucolic, clownish, coarse, countrified, country, hoidenish, inelegant, outlandish, pastoral, plain, rude, rustic, sylvan, uncouth, unpolished, unsophisticated, untaught, verdant

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. rural

   Antonyms:
   urban, oppidan, civic

   Synonyms:
   countrified, rustic, agricultural, bucolic, verdant, sylvan, grassy, arcadian, pastoral

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. ruraladjective

   living in or characteristic of farming or country life

   "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"

   Antonyms:
   citified, city-born, city-like, cityfied, urban, urbanized, city-bred, urbanised

2. ruraladjective

   of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city

   "rural electrification"; "rural free delivery"

   Antonyms:
   urbanized, city-bred, city-like, urbanised, urban, citified, cityfied, city-born

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. ruraladjective

   Synonyms:
   rustic, country, countrified, pastoral, bucolic, agrestic

How to use rural in a sentence?

1. Hassan Haj Ali:

   Today there are fierce battles between us and Daesh in Ahras, Tel Jabin, and rural northern Aleppo.

2. Brendan McPhillips:

   You've got to campaign everywhere and talk to everybody, some progressives bristle at this. I am not suggesting you ignore at all the persuasion work that needs to be done to engage your base, but you can't ignore rural parts of the state when you are running statewide. So, you need to show up.

3. Josh Schwerin:

   Even McAuliffe got a record number of votes and was still losing rural areas 85-15. Terry McAuliffe aides can't win elections that way, it wasn't enough to counter how excited Republicans were in other parts and how low Terry McAuliffe aides ceiling is in rural communities right now. ... It's getting worse.

4. Lewis County:

   In 85% of Washington, we still have rural communities, we still have community-based police. We still have all of these great things. But the trend is let’s follow what Seattle is doing, because they said, ‘Well, we don’t arrest people who are doing drugs in front of cops.’ Well to me, you do that in Lewis County, you get to go to jail, and you know what you get at jail? You get to see mental health. You get to see counselors. And you get a pathway to getting transitional housing.

5. Mayor Mike Porsch:

   If you want to grow in a rural area, youre going to need immigration to support your businesses and the economics in your community.

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