Metropolitan and Rustic

Opposite meaning words

Metropolitan noun - A person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers.

Usage example: a TV series about the lives and loves of a group of young, attractive metropolitans

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Rustic is an antonym for metropolitan.

Rustic noun - An awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country.

Usage example: a rustic who was awed by the prices that city dwellers had to pay

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Metropolitan is an antonym for rustic in topics: country, crude.

Nearby Words: rust, rusticity, rusticated, rustication, rustically

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