Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bucolic

2 senses of bucolic

Sense 1
peasant, provincial, bucolic -- (a country person)
       => rustic -- (an unsophisticated country person)

Sense 2
eclogue, bucolic, idyll, idyl -- (a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life)
       => pastoral -- (a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds))

Antonyms of adj bucolic

1 of 2 senses of bucolic

Sense 1
arcadian, bucolic, pastoral -- ((used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility")

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

Similarity of adj bucolic

2 senses of bucolic

Sense 1
arcadian, bucolic, pastoral -- ((used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility")
       => 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
bucolic, pastoral -- (relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy")