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Definitions

rural

[roor-uhl] / ˈrʊər əl /
ADJECTIVE
country, not urban
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agrarian agricultural back-country backwoods bucolic idyllic pastoral provincial rustic
WEAK
arcadian countrified georgic natural outland rustical simple sylvan unsophisticated villatic
Antonyms
STRONGEST
metropolitan urban
WEAK
city suburban

Example Sentences

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The rural community of the book is a West Virginia mining hamlet.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Residents in rural Ohio are using AI tools to fight against new data centers, citing concerns about electricity prices and environmental damage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The family live in Loughgilly, a rural part of County Armagh.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Around sunset on Sept. 22, six days after Cynthia was last seen, a rural landowner was walking her dog on a private dirt road 40 miles south of Arlington when she noticed a foul odor.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The prison is in a rural area northeast of Birmingham, where the Alabama terrain starts to turn rocky and mountainous.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson