rustic synonyms

rustic

modif.

  1. Rural

    agricultural, pastoral, agrarian; see rural.

  2. Boorish

    countrified, provincial, unsophisticated, rude, uncouth, unpolished, inelegant, awkward, coarse, rough, dull, loutish, lubberly, clownish, ungainly, lumpish, ignorant, uneducated.

    Antonyms cultured*, refined*, sophisticated. *

  3. Suggesting the idyllic qualities of rural places or people

    sylvan, verdant, unadorned, idyllic, bucolic, artless, simple, plain, honest, unsophisticated, pleasing, charming, picturesque, pastoral, natural, unaffected, sturdy; see also pleasant 2.

    Antonyms complex*, urbane*, sophisticated. See syn. study at rural.rural.

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