Synonyms for country

modified

1. Said of people, manners, etc.

   countrified, unsophisticated, rural, rustic, homey, down-home, farm, backwoods, provincial, unpolished, unrefined, uncouth, uncultured, hick*; see also rude 1, rural, rustic 2.

2. Said of areas

   rustic, agrarian, provincial, back-country; see rural.

noun

1. Rural areas

   countryside, farmland, farming district, rural region, rural area, country district, back country, bush, forests, mountains, woodlands, backwoods, sparsely settled areas, the hinterland, the provinces, frontier, wilderness, wilds, outback (Australian), the sticks*, the boondocks, the boonies*; see also farm, forest, range 4.

   Antonyms city*, urban area, municipality.

2. A nation

   sovereign state, realm, land, people; see nation 1.

3. Land and all that is associated with it

   homeland, native land, fatherland, motherland, mother country, patria (Latin), all we hold dear, roots, Vaterland (German), la patrie (French), the flag*, mother and apple pie*.