Rustic — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an unsophisticated country person

characteristic of rural life

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈʌstɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈʌstɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈʌstɪk/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹˈʌstɪk/.

Examples

countrified clothes
rustic awkwardness
bumpkinly country boys

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bumpkinly hick countryfied unsophisticated agrestic countrified

Parts of Speech

noun	an unsophisticated country person
adjective	characteristic of rural life “countrified clothes”
adjective	awkwardly simple and provincial “bumpkinly country boys”
adjective	characteristic of the fields or country “agrestic simplicity”

Word Forms

rusticate	verb	live in the country and lead a rustic life
rusticity	noun	the quality of being rustic or gauche
bumpkin	noun	a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

rustikal

ein unkomplizierter Landmensch

🇫🇷French

rustique

un paysan peu averti

🇪🇸Spanish

rústico

una persona de campo poco sofisticada

🇮🇹Italian

rustico

una persona di campagna non sofisticata

🇳🇱Dutch

rustiek

een ongekunsteld plattelandsmens

🇵🇹Portuguese

rústico

uma pessoa do campo pouco sofisticada

🇷🇺Russian

деревенский

неискушенный деревенский человек

India

🇮🇳Hindi

देहाती

एक अपरिष्कृत देहाती व्यक्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

দেহাতি

একজন অপ্রত্যাশিত দেশের মানুষ

🇮🇳Tamil

கிராமிய

ஒரு நுட்பமற்ற நாட்டு நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

మోటైన

ఒక అధునాతన దేశం వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

अडाणी

एक अत्याधुनिक देशाची व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગામઠી

એક અસંસ્કારી દેશની વ્યક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಳ್ಳಿಗಾಡಿನ

ಅತ್ಯಾಧುನಿಕ ದೇಶದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നാടൻ

പരിഷ്കൃതമല്ലാത്ത ഒരു രാജ്യക്കാരൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੇਂਡੂ

ਇੱਕ ਬੇਮਿਸਾਲ ਦੇਸ਼ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

دہاتی

ایک غیر نفیس ملک شخص

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

乡村

一个不谙世事的乡下人

🇯🇵Japanese

素朴な

洗練されていない田舎者

🇰🇷Korean

거칠게 만든

순박한 시골 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

mộc mạc

một người dân quê không phức tạp

🇹🇭Thai

ชนบท

เป็นคนบ้านนอกที่ไม่ซับซ้อน

🇮🇩Indonesian

pedesaan

orang desa yang tidak canggih

🇵🇭Filipino

tagabukid

isang hindi sopistikadong taong bayan

🇲🇾Malay

desa

orang negara yang tidak canggih

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ريفي

شخص ريفي غير متطور

🇮🇷Persian

روستایی

یک فرد روستایی ساده

🇹🇷Turkish

rustik

tecrübesiz bir taşra insanı

🇮🇱Hebrew

כַּפרִי

אדם כפרי לא מתוחכם

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