bucolic

Speech parts

1. bucolic - Noun

2. bucolic - Adjective

3. bucolic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

arcadian provincial peasant pastoral idyl idyll eclogue epos rube madrigal sonnet boor rondo rondeau sylvan
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Antonyms

king princess metropolitan metro community urban
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Hypernyms

pastoral rustic

Hyponyms

cotter cottar muzhik moujik mujik muzjik

Phrases with the word

bucolic surroundings

Examples

I am the great terror of the squires, they seem to be seized with a sort of bucolic mania in dealing with me. John Bright

Let no one think that real gardening is a bucolic and meditative occupation. It is an insatiable passion, like everything else to which a man gives his heart. Karel Čapek

I hope for the experience of people standing together, turning their backs to the city and facing this, and hearing the leaves rustle. Well, maybe it won't be as bucolic as at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but I know you will feel removed from the city. Michael Arad

a country life of arcadian contentment Source: Internet

a pleasant bucolic scene Source: Internet

charming in its pastoral setting Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

buclosamide bucodispersibility bucodispersible bucolic surroundings bucolical bucolically