Antonyms of adj agrestic

2 senses of agrestic

Sense 1
agrestic, rustic -- (characteristic of the fields or country; "agrestic simplicity"; "rustic stone walls")

INDIRECT (VIA rural) -> urban -- (located in or characteristic of a city or city life; "urban property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners")

Sense 2
agrestic -- ((of behavior) rustic and uncouth; "the agrestic behavior of a country boy")

INDIRECT (VIA unrefined) -> refined -- ((used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste")

Similarity of adj agrestic

2 senses of agrestic

Sense 1
agrestic, rustic -- (characteristic of the fields or country; "agrestic simplicity"; "rustic stone walls")
       => rural (vs. urban) -- (living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural")

Sense 2
agrestic -- ((of behavior) rustic and uncouth; "the agrestic behavior of a country boy")
       => unrefined (vs. refined) -- ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?")

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