RURAL

rural

(adjective) living in or characteristic of farming or country life; “rural people”; “large rural households”; “unpaved rural roads”; “an economy that is basically rural”

rural

(adjective) of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city; “rural electrification”; “rural free delivery”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

rural (comparative more rural, superlative most rural)

Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.

Antonyms: urban, suburban

Synonyms

• campestral

• landly (nonstandard)

Noun

rural (plural rurals)

(obsolete) A person from the countryside; a rustic.

Anagrams

• urlar

Source: Wiktionary

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Ru"ral, a. Etym: [F., fr. L.ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the country. Cf. Room space, Rustic.]

1. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect. Here is a rural fellow; . . . He brings you figs. Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy. Rural dean. (Eccl.) See under Dean.

– Rural deanery (Eccl.), the state, office, or residence, of a rural dean.

Syn.

– Rustic.

– Rural, Rustic. Rural refers to the country itself; as, rural scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of the original inhabitans of the country, who were generally uncultivated and rude; as, rustic manners; a rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture, etc. We turn To where the silver Thames first rural grows. Thomson. Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by; To manly confidence thy throughts apply. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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