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pastoral |
Grep of noun pastoral pastoral pastorale Overview of noun pastoral The noun pastoral has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. pastorale, pastoral, idyll -- (a musical composition that evokes rural life) 2. pastoral -- (a letter from a pastor to the congregation) 3. pastoral -- (a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)) Overview of adj pastoral The adj pastoral has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) pastoral -- (of or relating to a pastor; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter") 2. bucolic, pastoral -- (relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy") 3. arcadian, bucolic, pastoral, rustic -- (used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility") 4. idyllic, pastoral -- (suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; "his idyllic life in Tahiti"; "the pastoral legends of America's Golden Age") Antonyms of adj pastoral 2 of 4 senses of pastoral Sense 3 arcadian, bucolic, pastoral, rustic INDIRECT (VIA rural) -> urban Sense 4 idyllic, pastoral INDIRECT (VIA pleasant) -> unpleasant Similarity of adj pastoral 4 senses of pastoral Sense 1 pastoral Pertains to noun pastor (Sense 1) =>curate, minister, parson, pastor, rector => clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth Sense 2 bucolic, pastoral Pertains to noun shepherd (Sense 2) =>sheepherder, shepherd, sheepman => herder, herdsman, drover Sense 3 arcadian, bucolic, pastoral, rustic => rural (vs. urban) Sense 4 idyllic, pastoral => pleasant (vs. unpleasant) Attributes of adj pastoral Familiarity of adj pastoral pastoral used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj pastoral pastoral Overview of noun pastoral The noun pastoral has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. pastorale, pastoral, idyll -- (a musical composition that evokes rural life) 2. pastoral -- (a letter from a pastor to the congregation) 3. pastoral -- (a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)) Overview of adj pastoral The adj pastoral has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) pastoral -- (of or relating to a pastor; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter") 2. bucolic, pastoral -- (relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy") 3. arcadian, bucolic, pastoral, rustic -- (used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility") 4. idyllic, pastoral -- (suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; "his idyllic life in Tahiti"; "the pastoral legends of America's Golden Age")
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