- country, rural area - an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
--1 is a kind of geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
--1 has parts: pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley
Antonyms: urban area, populated area
--1 has particulars:backwoods, back country, boondocks, hinterland; farmland, farming area; countryside; scrubland; weald; wold