SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
rustic
adjective
Characteristic of country life or a simple rural style.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Rural in character
Closest synonyms
Related words and expressions
These extend or explain the idea and may require a different sentence structure.
Usage distinction
Return to topRustic can praise a simple country style. Agrarian concerns agriculture, while plain and simple do not necessarily imply rural character.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See rustic in use
The cafe retained the rustic wooden tables of the old farmhouse.
We enjoyed rustic scenery.
1 more example
The carpenter supplied rustic benches made from rough boards, whose simple appearance suited the village square.
Compare an alternative with the original word in each passage. Shared meanings do not make every pair interchangeable.
Synonym reference scope and sources
The groups distinguish the senses selected for this study entry. Closest synonyms and broader related expressions have separate labels. The listed sources support lexical selection; not every phrase is a direct quotation from a source.
How the synonym reference was prepared / WordNet 3.0 license