PASTORALS Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the word pastorals. (close relations)
pastoral
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| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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| bucolic | adjectiveadj | |||||
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 | ||||||
| arcadian | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • an inhabitant of Arcadia adjective satellite • (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic | ||||||
| agrarian | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • relating to farming or agriculture | ||||||
| agricultural | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming adjective satellite • relating to farming or agriculture | ||||||
| country | nounn | |||||
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 | nounn | |||||
noun • rural regions | ||||||
| farming | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock • agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life adjective satellite • relating to farming or agriculture | ||||||
| green | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
adjective • concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party • not fully developed or mature; not ripe noun • green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass • United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952) • a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area • an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party • an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course • a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River • any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables • street names for ketamine adjective satellite • of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass • looking pale and unhealthy • naive and easily deceived or tricked verb • turn or become green | ||||||
| idyllic | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • excellent and delightful in all respects • suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene | ||||||
| natural | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature • existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation • existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical • (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone • (of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related noun • someone regarded as certain to succeed • a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat • (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake adjective satellite • functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies • unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct • (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes • being talented through inherited qualities • free from artificiality | ||||||
| pastoral | adjectiveadj | |||||
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 | ||||||
| rural | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city; living in or characteristic of farming or country life | ||||||
| rustic | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • an unsophisticated country person adjective satellite • characteristic of rural life • awkwardly simple and provincial • characteristic of the fields or country | ||||||
| scenic | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to the stage or stage scenery adjective satellite • used of locations; having beautiful natural scenery | ||||||
| sylvan | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods adjective satellite • relating to or characteristic of wooded regions | ||||||
| verdant | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • characterized by abundance of verdure | ||||||
| idyl | nounn | |||||
noun • a musical composition that evokes rural life • a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life | ||||||
| idyll | nounn | |||||
noun • an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll • a musical composition that evokes rural life • a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life | ||||||
| pastorale | nounn | |||||
noun • a musical composition that evokes rural life | ||||||
