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NONMETROPOLITAN Synonyms

13 synonyms for nonmetropolitan. (exact relations)
0 hypernym for nonmetropolitan. (close relations)

Best Synonyms for NONMETROPOLITAN

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backwater

noun, adjective

n, adj

noun

• a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam

• a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring

backwoods

noun, adjective

n, adj

noun

• a remote and undeveloped area

bucolic

adjective

adj

adjective

• relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle

noun

• a country person

• a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

adjective satellite

• (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic

country

noun

n

noun

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• the territory occupied by a nation

• the people who live in a nation or country

• an area outside of cities and towns

• a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

countryside

noun

n

noun

• rural regions

hinterland

noun

n

noun

• a remote and undeveloped area

outback

noun, adjective

n, adj

noun

• the bush country of the interior of Australia

adjective satellite

• inaccessible and sparsely populated

outlying

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• relatively far from a center or middle

pastoral

adjective

adj

adjective

• of or relating to a pastor

• relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle

noun

• a musical composition that evokes rural life

• a letter from a pastor to the congregation

• a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)

adjective satellite

• (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic

provincial

adjective

adj

adjective

• of or associated with a province

• characteristic of the provinces or their people

noun

• (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order

• a country person

remote

adjective

adj

adjective

• far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship

noun

• a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance

adjective satellite

• located far away spatially

• unlikely to occur

• separate or apart in time

• inaccessible and sparsely populated

rural

adjective

adj

adjective

• of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city; living in or characteristic of farming or country life

rustic

adjective

adj

noun

• an unsophisticated country person

adjective satellite

• characteristic of rural life

• awkwardly simple and provincial

• characteristic of the fields or country

Alternatives for BACKWATER

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Phrases (1)