BUCOLIC Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

bucolic

adjective

byü-ˈkä-lik

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 Deal or no deal, the war will loom large during next week's talks at the Group of Seven summit in bucolic Évian-les-Bains, France. —

ABC News, 12 June 2026 There is an inherent ease to sheer fabrics and lace that feel instinctively right for nuptials set against a bucolic backdrop. —

Sarah Zendejas, Vogue, 10 June 2026 Red-Bodied Dog Tick Has your idiotic dog wandered onto a bucolic patch of grass that hasn’t been freshly treated with toxins? —

Jay Ruttenberg, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 At Palisades State Park, striking red-pink Sioux quartzite cliffs jut up to 50 feet above Split Rock Creek, their jagged faces almost glowing against a backdrop of bucolic farmland. —

Taryn Shorr-McKee, Midwest Living, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bucolic

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rural

Adjective

The air can be so quiet in the Bates County town of Butler, a rural community of 4,400 one hour south of Kansas City, that when the skydivers, often strapped in tandem, pop their chutes, neighbors Daniel and Kendra Stewart can hear the wafting sound of them filling with air.

— Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026
Butler Memorial Airport is a small, rural airport about an hour’s drive south of Kansas City.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 14 June 2026