Provincial synonyms and antonyms
prə-vĭn'shəl
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Part of speech:
In a natural, raw state:
Lacking good manners, culture, or refinement.
Of or for a particular part or specific area of the body; not general
Having the appearance, characteristics, or actions attributed to country people
Being a bigot; biased; strongly prejudiced; forming opinions without just cause.
The definition of crude is something rudimentary, undefined or undeveloped, or behavior that is impolite and improper.
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(By extension) Plain and homely; unsophisticated and unpretentious.
Confined or restricted within certain limits:
Of small or limited width, especially in comparison with length.
Drawn by or using only one horse:
The definition of regional is something related to, taking place in or characteristic of a given geographic location.
Of or relating to people who live in the country:
Of, relating to, or typical of country life or country people.
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Not cultured or cultivated:
cosmopolitan (antonym)
The definition of cosmopolitan is something that is common to most parts of the world or a person who feels at home all over the world.
citified (antonym)
Having or pretending to have the sophisticated style or manner associated with an urban way of life.
modern (antonym)
Of or relating to recent times or the present:
metropolitan (antonym)
Of or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns:
french provincial (related)
designating or of a style, esp. of 18th-cent. European furniture, that was characteristic of the provinces and was a simpler and plainer copy of the style characteristic of the capital and cultural centers
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Rustic, peaceful, and simple; pastoral
Of, relating to, or growing in uncultivated land or open fields.
Of, in, or from a rural district
Of, relating to, or being a literary or other artistic work that portrays or evokes rural life, usually in an idealized way.
Of or like a hick or hicks
(Med.) Characterized by isolated spots
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Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.
Pertaining to a small town; provincial.
Any person of the class of small farmers or of farm laborers, as in Europe or Asia
cantonal (related)
municipal (related)
province (related)
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municipality (related)
colonial (related)
canton (related)
The definition of parochial is something related to a church or someone who has a narrow or simplistic view on life.
Find another word for provincial. In this page you can discover 39 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for provincial, like: rude, unpolished, local, countrified, awkward, bigoted, crude, homespun, limited, narrow and one-horse.
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