rural

comparative more rural · superlative most rural

1. Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.

   Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .

   1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad

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   The Australian teens, both from Melbourne, were enjoying a backpacking trip when they became ill after a night out in Vang Vieng. The picturesque rural town in northern Laos has long been a popular backpacking spot.

   2024 November 21, Helen Regan, Isaac Yee and Eve Brennan, “Australian teens among six tourists dead as countries warn of suspected methanol poisonings in Laos”, in CNN

   Synonyms: campestral, landly, pastoral · Antonyms: urban, suburban

plural rurals

1. obsoleteA person from the countryside; a rustic.