Bucolic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic. See Synonyms at rural.
  • adj. Of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks; pastoral.
  • n. A pastoral poem.
  • n. A farmer or shepherd; a rustic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
  • adj. Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.
  • n. A pastoral poem.
  • n. A rustic, peasant
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
  • n. A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pastoral; relating to country affairs, or to a shepherd's life and occupation: as, bucolic song.
  • Agricultural: used humorously or in disparagement.
  • n. [⟨ L. bucolicum, pl. bucolica, neut. of bucolicus: see I.] A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, or the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds: as, the bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil.
  • n. A writer of pastorals.
  • n. A countryman; a farmer: used humorously or in depreciation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
  • n. a country person
  • n. a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
  • adj. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  • Equivalent
    rural   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pastoral   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pastoral    rustic   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    alcoholic    anabolic    diastolic    folic    frolic    hyperbolic    melancholic    metabolic    nonalcoholic    parabolic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    idyllic    elegiac    pastoral    non-dramatic    rustic    lyrical    sylvan    homey    allegorical    amatory