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")

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