rural
Syllables: ru·ral/ˈɹʊəɹəl/
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British/ˈɹɵːɹəl/
rural adjective: relating to the countryside or to agriculture.
Adjective
rural (comparative more rural, superlative most rural)
- 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
- 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
Noun
rural (plural rurals)
- A person from the countryside; a rustic.
rural meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
rural in Hindi
- rural
- देहाती dehātī
rural in Tamil
- pertaining to non-urban areas
- நாட்டுப்புற nāṭṭuppuṟa
rural in Marathi
- ग्रामीण
rural in Urdu
- دیہی, قصباتی, زراعتی
More languagesFewer languages
- rural in Bengali
- গ্রাম্য grammo, গাঁইয়া gãiẏa, গাঁওয়ালী gãōẇali, গেরাইম্মা geraimma
- rural in Telugu
- గ్రామీణ grāmīṇa
- rural in Malayalam
- ഗ്രാമീണ grāmīṇa
- rural in Kannada
- ಹಳ್ಳಿಯ, ಹಳ್ಳಿಗಾಡಿನ, ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ, ಗ್ರಾಮಾಂತರದ
- rural in Punjabi
- ਪੇਂਡੂ
- rural in Gujarati
- ગ્રામ્ય, ગ્રામીણ
- rural in Odia
- ଗ୍ରାମୀଣ
- rural in Assamese
- গ্ৰাম gram
- rural in Nepali
- ग्रामीण
- rural in Tagalog
- pangkabukiran, kabukiranin, probinsiya
- rural in Arabic
- فَلَّاحِيّ fallāḥiyy, قَرَوِيّ qarawiyy
- rural in Malay
- pedalaman
- rural in Indonesian
- pedesaan
- rural in Persian
- روستایی rustâyi
- rural in Thai
- ชนบท chon-ná-bòt
- rural in Vietnamese
- nông thôn
Examples of rural in a sentence
- The proposed gas tax died after the powerful rural senator refused to let it out of committee.
- They proposed an ambitious plan to bank people in remote rural communities.
- The new bus operator has promised to improve the frequency of rural services.
Synonyms of rural
Antonyms
Forms of rural
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more rural |
| superlative | most rural |
| Noun | |
| plural | rurals |
Origin of rural
From Old French rural, from Latin rūrālis (“rural”), from rūs (“countryside”) + -ālis.
Words formed from rural
- antirural
- Ashchurch Rural
- Audley Rural
- Belmont Rural
- Ellesmere Rural
- Kempston Rural
- Kington Rural
- Llanelli Rural
- Llangollen Rural
- nonrural
- Oswestry Rural
- perirural
- rural coach
- rural dean
- rural district
- ruralisation
- ruralish
- ruralism
- ruralist
- ruralistic
- ruralite
- rurality
- ruralization
- ruralize
- rurallike
- rurally
- ruralness
- ruralpolitan
- Rural Retreat
- rural sanitary district
- rural-type settlement
- rurban
- semi-rural
- semirural
- Shap Rural
- St Stephens by Launceston Rural
- Tring Rural
- unrural
- urban-rural commune
- urban-rural gmina
- Uttoxeter Rural
- Watford Rural
- Wem Rural
- Whitchurch Rural
Phrases with rural
Words that rhyme with rural
- plural
- anural
- crural
- epidural
- epipleural
- extramural
- intramural
- jural
- mural
- neural
- pleural
- bronchopleural
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- caesural
- caricatural
- cesural
- commissural
- cynosural
- duoplural
- dural
- extradural
- extrapleural
- interpleural
- intradural
- intrapleural
- juxtapleural
- macrural
- myodural
- myoneural
- nomenclatural
- nonepidural
- nonneural
- nonrural
- peridural
- photomural
- postdural
- procural
- semirural
- sensorineural
- splanchnopleural
- sternopleural
- subdural
- subpleural
- superplural
- sural
- transdural
- transpleural
- Ural
- zygopleural
Questions about rural
- What does rural mean?
- Rural means relating to the countryside or to agriculture.
- What is rural in Hindi?
- Rural in Hindi is देहाती (dehātī). See Rural meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rural?
- Rural can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce rural?
- Rural is pronounced /ˈɹʊəɹəl/ (UK).
Words near rural in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rural (page history and authors); देहाती (Hindi) (page history and authors); rural (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rural (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rural (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rural (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rural (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rural (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); গ্ৰাম (Assamese) (page history and authors); rural (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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