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rustic


 
  Grep  of  noun  rustic 
  rustic 
  rustication 
  rusticity 
 
  Overview  of  noun  rustic 
 
  The  noun  rustic  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  rustic  --  (an  unsophisticated  country  person) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  rustic 
 
  The  adj  rustic  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  countrified,  countryfied,  rustic  --  (characteristic  of  rural  life;  "countrified  clothes";  "rustic  awkwardness") 
  2.  (1)  bumpkinly,  hick,  rustic,  unsophisticated  --  (awkwardly  simple  and  provincial;  "bumpkinly  country  boys";  "rustic  farmers";  "a  hick  town";  "the  nightlife  of  Montmartre  awed  the  unsophisticated  tourists") 
  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.  agrestic,  rustic  --  (characteristic  of  the  fields  or  country;  "agrestic  simplicity";  "rustic  stone  walls") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  rustic 
 
  4  senses  of  rustic 
 
  Sense  1 
  countrified,  countryfied,  rustic 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  rural)  ->  urban 
 
  Sense  2 
  bumpkinly,  hick,  rustic,  unsophisticated 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  provincial)  ->  cosmopolitan 
 
  Sense  3 
  arcadian,  bucolic,  pastoral,  rustic 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  rural)  ->  urban 
 
  Sense  4 
  agrestic,  rustic 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  rural)  ->  urban 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  rustic 
 
  4  senses  of  rustic 
 
  Sense  1 
  countrified,  countryfied,  rustic 
  =>  rural  (vs.  urban) 
 
  Sense  2 
  bumpkinly,  hick,  rustic,  unsophisticated 
  =>  provincial  (vs.  cosmopolitan) 
 
  Sense  3 
  arcadian,  bucolic,  pastoral,  rustic 
  =>  rural  (vs.  urban) 
 
  Sense  4 
  agrestic,  rustic 
  =>  rural  (vs.  urban) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  rustic 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  rustic 
 
  rustic  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  rustic 
  rustic 
 
  Overview  of  noun  rustic 
 
  The  noun  rustic  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  rustic  --  (an  unsophisticated  country  person) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  rustic 
 
  The  adj  rustic  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  countrified,  countryfied,  rustic  --  (characteristic  of  rural  life;  "countrified  clothes";  "rustic  awkwardness") 
  2.  (1)  bumpkinly,  hick,  rustic,  unsophisticated  --  (awkwardly  simple  and  provincial;  "bumpkinly  country  boys";  "rustic  farmers";  "a  hick  town";  "the  nightlife  of  Montmartre  awed  the  unsophisticated  tourists") 
  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.  agrestic,  rustic  --  (characteristic  of  the  fields  or  country;  "agrestic  simplicity";  "rustic  stone  walls") 



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