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- [roo r-uh l]
- /ˈrʊər əl/
- /ˈrʊərəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [roo r-uh l]
- /ˈrʊər əl/
Definitions of rural word
- adjective rural of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity. 1
- adjective rural living in the country: the rural population. 1
- adjective rural of or relating to agriculture: rural economy. 1
- noun rural a person who lives in a rural area. 1
- adjective rural of the countryside 1
- adjective rural in the countryside 1
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Origin of rural
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin rūrālis, equivalent to rūr- (stem of rūs) the country, rural land (akin to room) + -ālis -al1
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Parts of speech for Rural
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rural popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rural usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rural
adj rural
- aggie — an agricultural student
- agrarian — Agrarian means relating to the ownership and use of land, especially farmland, or relating to the part of a society or economy that is concerned with agriculture.
- agrestic — rural; rustic
- agricultural — Agricultural means involving or relating to agriculture.
- agronomical — the science of soil management and the production of field crops.
noun rural
- cornfed — fed on corn
- country cousin — If you refer to someone as a country cousin, you think that they are unsophisticated because they come from the country.
- countrypeople — countryfolk.
- good old boy — a male who embodies the unsophisticated good fellowship and sometimes boisterous sociability regarded as typical of white males of small towns and rural areas of the South.
- hick — an unsophisticated, boorish, and provincial person; rube.
adjective rural
- arboricultural — Of or pertaining to the care, planting and maintenance of trees.
- backwoods — If you refer to an area as the backwoods, you mean that it is a long way from large towns and is isolated from modern life.
- country — A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
- countryside — The countryside is land which is away from towns and cities.
- farm — processor farm
Antonyms for rural
adj rural
- burghal — (in Scotland) an incorporated town having its own charter and some degree of political independence from the surrounding area.
- city — The City is the part of London where many important financial institutions have their main offices. People often refer to these financial institutions as the City.
- cosmopolitan — A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures.
- downtown — to or in the main business section of a city.
- inter-urban — of, located in, or operating between two or more cities or towns.
adjective rural
- intraurban — Within an urban area.
- nonrural — Not rural.
- oppidan — of a town; urban.
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