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Adjective

Of or relating to the countryside

hick
Of or like a hick or hicks
Provincial; unsophisticated:

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1. Of or like a hick or hicks
2. Provincial; unsophisticated:
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rural
Of or relating to farming; agricultural.
Of or relating to people who live in the country:
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the country.

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1. Of or relating to farming; agricultural.
2. Of or relating to people who live in the country:
3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the country.
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provincial
Of or characteristic of people from the provinces; not fashionable or sophisticated:
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
Having the ways, speech, attitudes, etc. of a certain province

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1. Of or characteristic of people from the provinces; not fashionable or sophisticated:
2. 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
3. Having the ways, speech, attitudes, etc. of a certain province
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pastoral
Of or relating to a pastor or the duties of a pastor:
Of or portraying rural life or, formerly, a highly conventionalized form of rustic life among shepherds, usually in an idealized way
Of or relating to the country or country life; rural.

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1. Of or relating to a pastor or the duties of a pastor:
2. Of or portraying rural life or, formerly, a highly conventionalized form of rustic life among shepherds, usually in an idealized way
3. Of or relating to the country or country life; rural.
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country
Of, in, or from a rural district
Characteristic of or like that of the country; rustic
Of, relating to, or typical of the country:

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1. Of, in, or from a rural district
2. Characteristic of or like that of the country; rustic
3. Of, relating to, or typical of the country:
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campestral
(Rare) Of or having to do with fields or the countryside
Of, relating to, or growing in uncultivated land or open fields.

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1. (Rare) Of or having to do with fields or the countryside
2. Of, relating to, or growing in uncultivated land or open fields.
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bucolic
Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic.
Of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks; pastoral.
Of country life or farms; rustic

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1. Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic.
2. Of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks; pastoral.
3. Of country life or farms; rustic
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arcadian
Ideally rustic or pastoral.
Of or relating to the ancient Greek region of Arcadia or its people, language, or culture.
Rustic, peaceful, and simple; pastoral:

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1. Ideally rustic or pastoral.
2. Of or relating to the ancient Greek region of Arcadia or its people, language, or culture.
3. Rustic, peaceful, and simple; pastoral:
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urban

Of a plain and unsophisticated nature

unpolished
Not polished; not brought to a polish.
Not elaborated, perfected, or completed:
Lacking good manners, culture, or refinement.

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1. Not polished; not brought to a polish.
2. Not elaborated, perfected, or completed:
3. Lacking good manners, culture, or refinement.
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unadorned
Without adornment or embellishment; simple or plain.

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1. Without adornment or embellishment; simple or plain.
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natural
Related genetically:
Conforming to the usual or ordinary course of nature:
(Biology) Not produced or changed artificially; not conditioned:

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1. Related genetically:
2. Conforming to the usual or ordinary course of nature:
3. (Biology) Not produced or changed artificially; not conditioned:
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homespun
(Of fabric) Woven in the home.
Simple and homely; unpretentious:
(Of clothing etc) Made from homespun fabric.

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1. (Of fabric) Woven in the home.
2. Simple and homely; unpretentious:
3. (Of clothing etc) Made from homespun fabric.
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homely
Not elegant or polished; crude
Characteristic of or suitable for home or home life; simple and unpretentious or plain and everyday
Of a simple or unpretentious nature; plain:

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1. Not elegant or polished; crude
2. Characteristic of or suitable for home or home life; simple and unpretentious or plain and everyday
3. Of a simple or unpretentious nature; plain:
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artless
Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.
Free of artificiality; natural:
Without artificiality; simple; natural

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1. Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.
2. Free of artificiality; natural:
3. Without artificiality; simple; natural
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plain

Noun

A clumsy, unsophisticated person

yokel
A person living in a rural area; rustic; country bumpkin
A rustic; a bumpkin.

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1. A person living in a rural area; rustic; country bumpkin
2. A rustic; a bumpkin.
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clodhopper
A coarse, heavy shoe, like a plowman's
A big heavy shoe.
A clumsy, coarse person; a bumpkin.

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1. A coarse, heavy shoe, like a plowman's
2. A big heavy shoe.
3. A clumsy, coarse person; a bumpkin.
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bumpkin
A short spar projecting from the deck of a ship, used to extend a sail or secure a block or stay.
An awkward, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
An awkward or simple person from the country

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1. A short spar projecting from the deck of a ship, used to extend a sail or secure a block or stay.
2. An awkward, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
3. An awkward or simple person from the country
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ability

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Modifier

Rural

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rural

Boorish

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Suggesting the idyllic qualities of rural places or people

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pleasant

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