English dictionary

provincial

/pr/@/'v/I/n/S//@/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

of or associated with a province

adj.pert

Examples
Provincial government.

Source: WordNet 3.0
characteristic of the provinces or their people

adj.all

Examples
Deeply provincial and conformist.

In that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial.

Narrow provincial attitudes.

Antonyms cosmopolitan

Source: WordNet 3.0
Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a <i>provincial</i> government; a <i>provincial</i> dialect.

adjective

Source: webster1913

(Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order

noun.person

Examples
The general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a country person

noun.person

Synonyms bucolic peasant

Source: WordNet 3.0
A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.

noun

Source: webster1913