Synonyms for rustic
- adjective
- noun
Most common
homely unsophisticated unpolished artless countrified agrestic
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Homely — simple; artless; unaffected
homely, unsophisticated, simple, unpolished, plain, rough, artless, awkward, gawky, boorish, unaffected, churlish, bumpkinly, unrefined, uncouth, vulgar, inelegant, homespun dated
2. Rural
countrified, country, agricultural, agrestic, rural dated
Other
Noun
1. Bucolic — an unsophisticated or uncultured person
bucolic, provincial, peasant, pastoral, hick, bumpkin, boor, country bumpkin informal, redneck, clod hopper, country cousin informal, rube US, countryman, lout, carl, hayseed US, yokel slang, clown dated, churl dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Simple; artless; unaffected.
- adj. 2
Country-styled or pastoral; rural.
rustic country where the sheep and cattle roamed freely
- n. 1
An unsophisticated or uncultured person.
Related words
- Word family
- rusticism rusticity rusticness
Forms
- Plural
- rustics → bucolics, provincials, peasants, pastorals…
Choose the right word
Rustic is, however, often used of a studied simplicity, an artistic rudeness, which is pleasing and perhaps beautiful; as, a rustic cottage; a rustic chair.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- homely There's a homely atmosphere in this hotel.
- unsophisticated Do you think Tom is unsophisticated?
- unpolished Who brought this unpolished country bumpkin?
- artless Your artless attempt at a treatise is more like a diatribe.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| rustic | rising | |
| homely | steady | |
| unsophisticated | falling | |
| unpolished | steady | |
| artless | steady | |
| countrified | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- carl1, hick1, rube1, boor1, lout1
- 5 letters
- rural2, rough1, plain1, clown1, gawky2, yokel2, churl
- 6 letters
- simple2, farmer2, vulgar2, homely2
- 7 letters
- country2, awkward2, peasant2, redneck2, uncouth2, boorish2, bucolic3, ignoble3, bumpkin2, artless, hayseed
- 8 letters
- pastoral3, homespun2, churlish2, agrestic
- 9 letters
- unrefined3, inelegant, bumpkinly
- 10 letters
- provincial3, unaffected4, countryman3, unpolished
- 11 letters
- countrified
- 12 letters
- agricultural5
- 15 letters
- unsophisticated6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rural2 = 2 syllables).