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- pronunciation:
- pae
st
rl
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or relating to the country or country life; rural.
She liked to paint pastoral scenes with meadows, streams, and fields with cows grazing.- synonyms:
- rural
- antonyms:
- urban
- similar words:
- agrarian, Arcadian, bucolic, countrified, idyllic, provincial, rustic
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| definition 2: |
of or relating to shepherds.
The pastoral life was a solitary one.- similar words:
- bucolic
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| definition 3: |
designating an idealized vision of simple, pleasant country life.
- similar words:
- Arcadian, bucolic, idyllic, peaceful, quiet, restful, simple, tranquil
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| definition 4: |
of or relating to a pastor or the office of a pastor.
- similar words:
- clerical, ecclesiastical, hieratic, ministerial, priestly, religious, spiritual
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| related words: |
agrarian, churlish, clerical, ecclesiastical, rural, spiritual |
(adj.)pastoral
+ noun
activist,
activity,
administrator,
agent,
aim,
approach,
archdiocese,
associate,
beauty,
care,
concern,
congregation,
constitution,
coordinator,
council,
counseling,
counselor,
countryside,
dialogue,
dimension,
duty,
economy,
efficacy,
excellence,
formation,
genre,
geography,
ideal,
ideology,
idyll,
imagery,
imagination,
implication,
judgment,
landscape,
leader,
leadership,
letter,
liberation,
lifestyle,
liturgy,
livelihood,
manual,
minister,
ministry,
mode,
need,
nomad,
nomadism,
outreach,
paradise,
peace,
planning,
poetry,
pope,
poverty,
practice,
provision,
reflection,
renewal,
responsibility,
retreat,
scene,
sensitivity,
setting,
sheep,
strategy,
symphony,
theologian,
theology,
tradition,
tribe,
valley,
vision,
visit,
vocation,
wisdom,
work
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a poem, picture, or the like that portrays idyllic country life.
- similar words:
- bucolic, idyll
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| definition 2: |
pastorale.
- synonyms:
- idyll
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adjective + (n.)pastoral
indifferent, level, luscious, magnificent, nomadic, other
verb + (n.)pastoral
organize, smite, undertake
noun + (n.)pastoral
agency, conceit, fisher, hierarchy, leaflet, lullaby, lying, manipulation, migrant, nude, racism
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| derivation: |
pastorally (adv.) |
The word pastoral
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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