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rustic

adj · noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈɹʌstɪk/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Country-styled or pastoral; rural.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • rustic country where the sheep and cattle roamed freely

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Unfinished or roughly finished.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • rustic manners

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Crude, rough.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

adj

Meaning 4

Simple; artless; unaffected.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A rural person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 6

An unsophisticated or uncultured person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, corncob, cornhusker, country bumpkin, country cousin, clodhopper, dubbo, joskin, hayseed, hick, hob, hobnail, hog-rubber, honyock, hunk, lob, promdi, provincial, rube, rustic, woolly back, yokel

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A noctuoid moth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences

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8

noun

Meaning 8

Any of various nymphalid butterflies having brown and orange wings, especially Cupha erymanthis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences

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9

adjective satellite

Meaning 9

awkwardly simple and provincial

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • bumpkinly country boys
  • rustic farmers
  • a hick town
  • the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bumpkinly, hick, unsophisticated

Antonyms: none provided

10

adjective satellite

Meaning 10

characteristic of the fields or country

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • agrestic simplicity
  • rustic stone walls

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: agrestic

Antonyms: none provided

11

adjective satellite

Meaning 11

characteristic of rural life

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • countrified clothes
  • rustic awkwardness

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: countrified, countryfied

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

an unsophisticated country person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Broader terms: commoner, common man, common person

Narrower terms: coon, countryman, ruralist, countrywoman, hillbilly, bushwhacker, peasant, provincial, bucolic, redneck, cracker, woodsman, woodman, yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon

History

Etymology

From Latin rūsticus. Doublet of roister.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَيْفِيّ (rayfiyy) — country-styled
  • Arabic: قَرَوِيّ (qarawiyy) — country-styled
  • Bulgarian: селски (selski) — country-styled
  • Bulgarian: провинциален (provincialen) — country-styled
  • Catalan: rústic — country-styled
  • Dutch: landelijk — country-styled
  • Finnish: rustiikkinen — country-styled
  • Finnish: maaseutumainen — country-styled
  • Finnish: maalaismainen — country-styled
  • Finnish: talonpoikainen — country-styled
  • Galician: rústico — country-styled
  • German: rustikal — country-styled
  • Greek: αγροίκος (agroíkos) — country-styled
  • Ancient Greek: ἄγροικος (ágroikos) — country-styled
  • Italian: rustico — country-styled
  • Italian: agreste — country-styled
  • Latin: rusticus — country-styled
  • Latin: rūrālis — country-styled
  • Macedonian: се́лски (sélski) — country-styled
  • Māori: tāera taiwhenua — country-styled
  • Persian: روستایی (rustâyi) — country-styled
  • Polish: wiejski — country-styled
  • Polish: rustykalny — country-styled
  • Portuguese: rústico — country-styled
  • Romanian: rustic — country-styled
  • Russian: се́льский (sélʹskij) — country-styled
  • Spanish: rústico — country-styled
  • Swedish: lantlig — country-styled
  • Welsh: gwledig — country-styled
  • Welsh: gwladaidd — country-styled
  • Bulgarian: груб (grub) — unfinished, roughly finished
  • Bulgarian: недодялан (nedodjalan) — unfinished, roughly finished
  • Finnish: karkeatekoinen — unfinished, roughly finished
  • Finnish: karkea — unfinished, roughly finished
  • Finnish: kömpelö — unfinished, roughly finished
  • Macedonian: груб (grub) — unfinished, roughly finished
  • Māori: pūhungahunga — unfinished, roughly finished
  • Māori: kōkau — unfinished, roughly finished
  • Scots: hame-made — unfinished, roughly finished
  • Swedish: grov — unfinished, roughly finished
  • Catalan: rústic — crude, rough
  • Catalan: agrest — crude, rough
  • Finnish: karkea — crude, rough
  • Latin: rusticus — crude, rough
  • Macedonian: груб (grub) — crude, rough
  • Māori: kōkau — crude, rough
  • Spanish: rústico — crude, rough
  • Esperanto: kamparano — person from a rural area
  • Finnish: maalainen — person from a rural area
  • Galician: paisano — person from a rural area
  • German: Landei — person from a rural area
  • German: Hinterwäldler — person from a rural area
  • German: Hinterwäldlerin — person from a rural area
  • Ancient Greek: ἄγροικος (ágroikos) — person from a rural area
  • Hawaiian: kuaʻāina — person from a rural area
  • Irish: tuathánach — person from a rural area
  • Middle Irish: botach — person from a rural area
  • Middle Irish: botachán — person from a rural area
  • Italian: agreste — person from a rural area
  • Italian: villico — person from a rural area
  • Italian: campagnolo — person from a rural area
  • Italian: paesano — person from a rural area
  • Latin: rusticus — person from a rural area
  • Macedonian: се́ланец (sélanec) — person from a rural area
  • Russian: селянин (seljanin) — person from a rural area
  • Welsh: gwladwr — person from a rural area
  • Welsh: gwerinwr — person from a rural area
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黃襟蛺蝶 /黄襟蛱蝶 (huángjīnjiádié) — Cupha erymanthis