SEMIRURAL Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

semirural

adjective

Definition of semirural

as in nonurban

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Recent Examples of semirural Her fiance travels weekly for work, leaving her alone in their house in Shadow Hills, a quaint semirural neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. — oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2023 An evacuation order also was issued for residents of the Wilton area in semirural southeastern Sacramento County. — Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2023 In the wake of apparent ruin, the family relocated from a town house in Harlem, with good furniture and servants, and a summer home on the beach, to the wilds of semirural Brooklyn. — Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022 And yet those Americans, along with their neighbors in semirural suburban communities, play an outsize role in American electoral politics. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 13 June 2022 See All Example Sentences for semirural

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Fish caught near urban areas contained nearly three times more PFOS and overall PFAS than those caught in nonurban locations, the study found.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
The nonurban groups also dined on venison in the spring, when fawns were easy prey.

— Bethany Brookshire, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2022

Definition of nonurban

Adjective

Less enforcement means more risk for growers, local merchants and agricultural hedgers in the marketplace.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
As with all emerging markets, a key risk is rising global interest rates, and for Latin America in particular, the El Niño weather phenomenon which could lead to crop damage for agricultural exporters.

— Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of agricultural

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The prolific and acclaimed writer and activist used his liberal beliefs and his agrarian roots in Kentucky to craft novels, poems and essays connecting the natural world to humankind.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Herb and vegetable gardens, fruit trees, wine grapes and beehives add an agrarian dimension.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of agrarian

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