RUSTIC Synonyms

• characteristic of rural life

• characteristic of rural life

• not wise in the ways of the world

• lacking complexity

• awkwardly simple and provincial

• relating to farming or agriculture

• relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming

• relating to farming or agriculture

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

• a country person

• a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

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

• 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)

• rural regions

• lacking in physical beauty or proportion

• having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable

• plain and unpretentious

• without artificial refinement or elegance

• a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home

• of textiles; having a rough surface

• characteristic of country life

• made of cloth spun or woven in the home

• of or relating to a pastor

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

• 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)

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

• not elaborate or elaborated; simple

• lacking patterns especially in color

• extensive tract of level open land

• a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• not mixed with extraneous elements

• free from any effort to soften to disguise

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• lacking in physical beauty or proportion

• express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

• of or associated with a province

• characteristic of the provinces or their people

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

• a country person

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

• having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

• (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

• any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties

• a person lacking intelligence or common sense

• easy and not involved or complicated

• apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

• exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity

• lacking mental capacity and subtlety

• unornamented

• not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing

• lacking social polish

• not refined or processed

• (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth

• characteristic of the fields or country

• (of behavior) rustic and uncouth

• awkwardly simple and provincial

• a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

• awkwardly simple and provincial