Word Type

Adjective

Noun

Adjective

The word "rural" can be used as adjective, noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

city suburban urban urban

Derived Terms

Ashchurch Rural Audley Rural Belmont Rural Ellesmere Rural Kempston Rural Kington Rural Llanelli Rural Llangollen Rural Oswestry Rural Rural Retreat Shap Rural St Stephens by Launceston Rural Tring Rural Uttoxeter Rural Watford Rural Wem Rural Whitchurch Rural antirural nonrural perirural rural coach rural dean rural district rural sanitary district ruralisation ruralish ruralism ruralist ruralistic ruralite rurality ruralization ruralize rurallike rurally ruralness ruralpolitan rurban semi-rural semirural unrural urban-rural commune urban-rural gmina

Distinct From

city urban

Related Terms

country

Related Terms

adjective agriculture area community country country adjective country area countryside environment farm farm landscape farms few few people in country land land use landscape of countryside people route ruralistic rustic sticks urban use

Similar Terms

agrarian agrarian agrestic agrestic agricultural arcadian arcadian bucolic campestral campestral countrified countrified country bred country style country-bred country-style countryfied cracker barrel cracker-barrel farming hobnailed hobnailed homespun pastoral rustic

Synonym Network

campestral landly

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