 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rural
adjective
1: living in or characteristic of farming or country life;
"rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved
rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"
[ant: {urban}]
2: relating to rural areas; "rural electrification"; "rural
free delivery (RFD)"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rural \Ru"ral\, adjective [F., fr. L. ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the
country. Cf. {Room} space, {Rustic}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a
city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or
resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural
prospect.
Here is a rural fellow; . . .
He brings you figs. --Shak.
2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.
{Rural dean}. (Eccl.) See under {Dean}.
{Rural deanery} (Eccl.), the state, office, or residence, of
a rural dean.
Syn: Rustic.
Usage: {Rural}, {Rustic}. Rural refers to the country itself;
as, rural scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic
refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of
the original inhabitants of the country, who were
generally uncultivated and rude; as, rustic manners; a
rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture,
etc.
We turn
To where the silver Thames first rural grows.
--Thomson.
Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by;
To manly confidence thy throughts apply.
--Dryden.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "rural":
Arcadian, agrarian, agrestic, agricultural, agronomic, arable,
arcadian, bucolic, campestral, countrified, country, exurban, farm,
farming, genuine, geoponic, georgic, homespun, idyllic,
inartificial, lowland, native, natural, naturelike, outland,
pastoral, provincial, rustic, simple, sylvan, unadorned,
unaffected, unartificial, unassuming, undesigning, undisguising,
undissembling, undissimulating, unembellished, unfeigning,
unpretending, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unspoiled,
unvarnished, upland
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