as in rural
of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people
a bucolic region where farms are still common
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Recent Examples of bucolic
A lot of the film’s leisurely old-world sensibility comes from its bucolic Connecticut locations.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
Captive in bucolic panopticons, their lives are at once aesthetically alluring, depressingly regressive and anthropologically fascinating.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
While Bag End—the tunnel-like home from Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings franchise—may provide bucolic solace for Frodo Baggins, played by actor Elijah Wood, the hobbit-hole digs are hardly suitable for humans.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2026
The South of France has long been shorthand for bucolic romance.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2026
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
Captive in bucolic panopticons, their lives are at once aesthetically alluring, depressingly regressive and anthropologically fascinating.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
While Bag End—the tunnel-like home from Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings franchise—may provide bucolic solace for Frodo Baggins, played by actor Elijah Wood, the hobbit-hole digs are hardly suitable for humans.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2026
The South of France has long been shorthand for bucolic romance.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bucolic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucolic
rural
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My priorities would be focused on lowering costs, protecting Idaho’s freedom and quality of life, and making sure rural communities aren’t left behind.—
Kevin Fixler
May 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 May 2026
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The Sullivan County Golf Club is a rural 9-hole course that opened back in 1925 in Liberty, New York, a small town about two hours from Manhattan, up in the Catskill Mountains where tourists used to flock during the Borscht Belt resort boom.—
Lee Cowan,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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“Bucolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucolic. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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