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provincial

/pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/noun, adjective3 syllables

Provincial means: characteristic of the provinces or their people.

Synonyms for provincial16

noun, as in a country person

peasant, bucolic

adjective, as in characteristic of the provinces or their people

bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated, corn-fed, insular, parochial, jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky, stay-at-home, untraveled, untravelled

Opposites of provincial

cosmopolitan

What does provincial mean?4

adjective

1

characteristic of the provinces or their people“deeply provincial and conformist”

2

of or associated with a province“provincial government”

noun

1

a country person

2

(Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order“the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Provincial in a sentence

  • Each commission has representatives at the zonal, provincial and district levels.Cangarejo
  • Almost all provincial and district governors are on our side.ytugen
  • The term was in provincial use as a metonym.remline
  • Fyodor had his own campsite in the provincial park.Amastan
  • Miroslav wanted to hike in the provincial park.Amastan
  • He had left the world's most cosmopolitan city, so anywhere he went was bound to seem provincial.AlanF_US
  • He lives in a small, provincial town.sundown
  • His manner marks him as a provincial.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of provincial

as a noun

plural
provincials