Synonyms for provincial
prəˈvɪn ʃəlpro·vin·cial

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1. provincial

   Synonyms:
   appendant, annexed, outlying, rural, countrified, rustic, bucolic

   Antonyms:
   central, metropolitan, modish, fashionable, courtly

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1. provincialnoun

   (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"

   Synonyms:
   peasant, bucolic

   Antonyms:
   travelled, cosmopolitan, traveled

2. peasant, provincial, bucolicadjective

   a country person

   Synonyms:
   bucolic, peasant, churl, idyll, barbarian, tyke, idyl, boor, tike, eclogue

   Antonyms:
   cosmopolitan, travelled, traveled

3. provincialadjective

   of or associated with a province

   "provincial government"

   Antonyms:
   cosmopolitan, travelled, traveled

4. provincialadjective

   characteristic of the provinces or their people

   "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"

   Antonyms:
   travelled, traveled, cosmopolitan

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1. provincialadjective

   Synonyms:
   of a province, of provinces

2. provincialadjective

   Synonyms:
   rude, unpolished, unrefined, rustic, countrified

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1. List of paraphrases for "provincial":

   province, provinces, provincially, provinciale, province-wide, provincial-level, province-based, provinciales, boycott, governorate, al-muqataa, prov, province-level, governorates, regional

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1. Grant Robertson:

   New Zealand Rugby has been working hard on New Zealand Rugby, trying to establish what New Zealand Rugby believes is a more secure financial base for the sport, some of the details that are now emerging show the provincial unions will be getting some slice of the extra money that might be coming in, but other details are still a little bit unclear.

2. Deborah Lyon:

   Most districts that have been taken surround provincial capitals, suggesting that The Taliban are positioning themselves to try and take these capitals once foreign forces are fully withdrawn.

3. John Nicholson:

   The success of the Afghan operations around the country, supported by Resolute Support and U.S. forces, have caused the enemy high casualties everywhere. This has caused them to stop their attempts to seize provincial capitals, to stop trying to cease districts.

4. Mao Chanmathurithtold:

   We cannot say it was a suicide because they called for help from guesthouse staff at around 3 a.m., they were sent to the provincial hospital, where they were pronounced dead.

5. Sean Bailey:

   When you're able to bring wonderful casts to some of these characters -- that haven't been realized in live action... you can sort of bring layers and texture, if you look at something like 'Beauty and the Beast,' well, why is Belle's father, Maurice, so protective? Why is she in the provincial town? You can expand the stories and enhance the stories.