provincial

Speech parts

1. provincial - Noun

2. provincial - Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.

Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal.

Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod.

Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal.

A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.

A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rural local country regional peasant parochial insular unsophisticated narrow-minded bucolic unpolished small-minded newfoundland old-fashioned bey
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Antonyms

cosmopolitan king queen metropolitan world modern
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Hypernyms

official rustic functionary

Hyponyms

cotter cottar muzhik moujik mujik muzjik

Phrases with the word

provincial officer least provincial kokufu provincial office provincial cities provincial town Provincial Standard Time

Examples

the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials Source: Internet

deeply provincial and conformist Source: Internet

in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial Source: Internet

narrow provincial attitudes Source: Internet

provincial government Source: Internet

A Calgary father says he was slapped with a huge ticket for violating COVID-19 physical-distancing requirements while his children and some friends brushed up on their soccer skills, despite going out of his way to comply with the provincial rules. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Provincetown Provincetowner provincewide provincial bailiff provincial capital provincial cities