Adjective pastoral has 4 senses
- pastoral - of or relating to a pastor; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter"
- bucolic, pastoral - relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy"
- arcadian, bucolic, pastoral, rustic - used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"
Antonym: urban (indirect, via rural)
- idyllic, pastoral - suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; "his idyllic life in Tahiti"; "the pastoral legends of America's Golden Age"
Antonym: unpleasant (indirect, via pleasant)
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Noun pastoral has 3 senses
- pastorale, pastoral, idyll - a musical composition that evokes rural life
--1 is a kind of musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
- pastoral - a letter from a pastor to the congregation
--2 is a kind of letter, missive
- pastoral - a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
--3 is a kind of literary composition, literary work
--3 has particulars: eclogue, bucolic, idyll
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