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Synonyms for bucolic

  • noun
  • adjective

Most common

rustic peasant provincial hick idyll eclogue

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Rustic

rustic, peasant, provincial, country bumpkin informal, hick, rube, hayseed, bumpkin, boor, churl, yokel slang

2. Idyll

idyll, idyl US, eclogue

Other

hill-billy, clod hopper

Adjective

1. Pastoral

pastoral, rural, arcadian

Other

countrified

Antonyms

urban, metropolitan, municipal

All antonyms of bucolic →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A pastoral poem.

  2. n. 2

    A rustic, peasant.

  3. adj. 1

    Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.

    The countryside was filled with charming, bucolic scenery, complete with rolling hills, fields of wildflowers, and quaint farmhouses.

Related words

Word family
bucolicism

Forms

Plural
bucolics → rustics, peasants, provincials, hicks…

Choose the right word

Bucolic or Pastoral?

Bucolic is kindred to pastoral, but is a less elevated term, and sometimes slightly contemptuous.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • peasant Yidir is a peasant who is well-known in his village.
  • rustic The cabin Gustavo constructed was cozy and rustic.
  • hick The truth is that Tom is not such a hick, buddy.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bucolicrising
peasantfalling
rusticrising
hickrising
hayseedrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
hick1, rube1, boor1, idyl
5 letters
rural2, idyll2, yokel2, churl
6 letters
rustic2
7 letters
peasant2, bumpkin2, hayseed, eclogue
8 letters
pastoral3, arcadian4
10 letters
provincial3
11 letters
countrified

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rural2 = 2 syllables).