Synonyms of bucolic

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rural
• pastoral
• country
• rustic
• provincial
• agrarian
• agricultural
• backwoods
• countrified
• backwoodsy
• semirural
• nonurban

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• urban
• urbanized
• metropolitan
• municipal
• citified
• metro
• nonfarm
• nonagricultural

Example Sentences

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

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