Meanings
- uncountableentertainmentA style of popular music that originated in the folk music of the rural population of the southern and western United States and characterized by string-band instruments and simple melodies.
He's a handsome country singer who plays the guitar with his beautiful girlfriend who plays the drums!
Synonyms: country, country-western music, country and western
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA style of popular music that originated in the folk music of the rural population of the southern and western United States and characterized by string-band instruments and simple melodies.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
A shortening of country and western. This version has been predominant since the 1950s.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans countrymusiek
- countrymusiekstyle of music
Arabic كانتري, موسيقى الكانتري
- كانتري (kāntrī)style of music
- موسيقى الكانتريstyle of music
Bulgarian къ́нтри
- къ́нтри (kắntri)style of music
Chinese Mandarin 鄉村音樂 /乡村音乐
- 鄉村音樂 /乡村音乐 (xiāngcūn yīnyuè)style of music
Danish countrymusik, country
- countrymusikstyle of music
- countrystyle of music
Dutch countrymuziek
- countrymuziekstyle of music
Esperanto kontreo
- kontreostyle of music
Finnish kantrimusiikki
- kantrimusiikkistyle of music
French country, musique country
- countrystyle of music
- musique countrystyle of music
German Country-Musik, Countrymusik
- Country-Musikstyle of music
- Countrymusikstyle of music
Greek κάντρι μουσική
- κάντρι μουσική (kántri mousikí)style of music
Hindi कंट्री संगीत
- कंट्री संगीत (kaṇṭrī saṅgīt)style of music
Icelandic sveitatónlist, kántrí
- sveitatónliststyle of music
- kántrístyle of music
- kántrítónliststyle of music
Italian country, musica country
- countrystyle of music
- musica countrystyle of music
Japanese カントリー・ミュージック, カントリー音楽
- カントリー・ミュージック (kantorī-myūjikku)style of music
- カントリー音楽 (kantorī ongaku)style of music
- カントリー (kantorī)style of music
Korean 컨트리 음악
- 컨트리 음악 (keonteuri eumak)style of music
Māori puoro tuawhenua
- puoro tuawhenuastyle of music
Polish country
- countrystyle of music
Portuguese country
- countrystyle of music
Romanian muzică country
- muzică countrystyle of music
Russian ка́нтри
- ка́нтри (kántri)style of music
Swedish countrymusik
- countrymusikstyle of music
Thai ดนตรีคันทรี
- ดนตรีคันทรี (don-dtree kan-tree)style of music
Vietnamese nhạc đồng quê, đồng quê
- nhạc đồng quêstyle of music
- đồng quêstyle of music
Cite this entry
country music. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/country%20music
“country music.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/country%20music. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “country music,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/country%20music.
Source: country music on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.