| ADJECTIVE | all | rustic, countrified, countryfied | characteristic of rural life |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | rustic, bumpkinly, hick, unsophisticated | awkwardly simple and provincial | |
| all | rustic, agrestic | characteristic of the fields or country | |
| NOUN | person | rustic | an unsophisticated country person |
| Sounds | rah'stihk | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... | |
| Meaning | characteristic of rural life. | |
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| Example | "rustic awkwardness" | |
| Synonyms | countrified, countryfied | |
| Broader | rural | Living in or characteristic of farming or country life |
| Spanish | rural, rústico | |
| Nouns | rusticity | the quality of being rustic / rustic or gauche |
| Meaning | awkwardly simple and provincial. | |
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| Example | "rustic farmers" | |
| Synonyms | bumpkinly, hick, unsophisticated | |
| Broader | provincial | characteristic of the provinces or their people |
| Spanish | rústico | |
| Nouns | rusticity | the quality of being rustic / rustic or gauche |
| Meaning | characteristic of the fields or country. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "rustic stone walls" | |
| Synonym | agrestic | |
| Broader | rural | Living in or characteristic of farming or country life |
| Spanish | agreste, rústico | |
| Nouns | rusticity | the quality of being rustic / rustic or gauche |
| Meaning | An unsophisticated country person. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | coon | An eccentric or undignified rustic |
| countryman, ruralist | A man who lives in the country and has country ways | |
| countrywoman | A woman who lives in the country and has country ways | |
| hillbilly, bushwhacker | A disparaging term for an unsophisticated person | |
| peasant, provincial, bucolic | A country person | |
| redneck, cracker | A poor White person in the southern United States | |
| woodsman, woodman | someone who lives in the woods | |
| yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon | A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | |
| Broader | commoner, common man, common person | A person who holds no title |
| Spanish | rústico | |
| Catalan | rústic | |
| Verbs | rusticate | live in the country and lead a rustic life |
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