Another word for country
country
modif.
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.
Said of areas
rustic, agrarian, provincial, back-country; see rural.
country
n.
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.
A nation
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*.
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Another word for country
An organized geopolitical unit:
body politic, land, nation, polity, state. See politics, territoryA particular area used for or associated with a specific individual or activity:
district, region, terrain, territory. (Slang) turf. See territoryA rural area:
countryside, God's country. See urban
Of or relating to the countryside:
arcadian, bucolic, campestral, pastoral, provincial, rural, rustic. (Informal) hick. See urban
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