Antonyms of adj rural
1 of 2 senses of rural
Sense 1
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")
urban (vs. rural) -- (located in or characteristic of a city or city life; "urban property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners")
=> citified, cityfied, city-bred, city-born -- (being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person)
=> city-like -- (resembling a city)
=> urbanized, urbanised -- (made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics; "the urbanized Eastern states")
Similarity of adj rural
2 senses of rural
Sense 1
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")
=> agrarian, agricultural, farming (prenominal) -- (relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities")
=> agrestic, rustic -- (characteristic of the fields or country; "agrestic simplicity"; "rustic stone walls")
=> 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")
=> campestral -- (of fields or open country; "living in campestral seclusion")
=> countrified, countryfied, rustic -- (characteristic of rural life; "countrified clothes"; "rustic awkwardness")
=> country-bred -- (rough and uncouth; "a country boy")
=> country-style -- (typical of the country; "country-style sausage"; "country music")
=> cracker-barrel, folksy, homespun -- (characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel philosophy"; "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys")
=> hobnailed -- (marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails; "hobnailed laborers")
Sense 2
rural -- (of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city; "rural electrification"; "rural free delivery")