rural
The word "rural" is the direct opposite of "urban". Use it when you want to describe places that are far from cities, such as villages or farmland. It is most commonly used as an adjective before a noun (e.g., "rural life" or "rural landscape") rather than after a verb.
💬Casual Conversation
🎬Tuesday afternoon, Karen is scrolling through a real estate app while David is in a boring corporate meeting.
Karen Smith
Found a place for the summer. It's way too rural though.
David Smith
Let's just go for it. I need to unplug and get away from it all.
💡
Karen is expressing her typical hesitation about locations that lack suburban amenities, while David uses the common idiom 'get away from it all', meaning to escape a stressful environment for a peaceful one.
Meanings
adjective
Relating to, characteristic of, or situated in the countryside rather than the town.
"The couple decided to move from the city to a quiet rural area."