BUCOLIC Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

bucolic

adjective

byü-ˈkä-lik

Definition of bucolic

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 Those realistic works contrast with more romantic views of farming, which some artists filtered through a bucolic lens that no doubt concealed a grimmer reality. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026 The 438,500-square-foot Amazon data center was already under construction, rising up against Gilroy’s bucolic farmland when the outrage began. — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026 So was avoiding the easy version of a Connecticut show, one dominated by recent Yale MFAs or famous artists with country houses up north in the bucolic Litchfield hills. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026 Beaverbrook, a bucolic five-star country house hotel composed of a main manor house and storybook-style individual cottages. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bucolic

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rural

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Capturing towns and roads would hamper Tigrayan fighters without necessarily securing the vast rural areas where the rebel forces regrouped during the previous war, Taylor said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Amalia Ulman’s 2025 film Magic Farm, about an American team’s desperation to manufacture a viral trend in rural Argentina, is minor cringe for its pleasurable skewering of the attention economy.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

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