provincial

/pɹəvˈɪnʃəl/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. of or associated with a province
   “provincial government”
2. characteristic of the provinces or their people
   “deeply provincial and conformist”

noun

1. (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”
2. a country person

Synonyms for provincial

• bumpkinly
• corn-fed
• insular
• jerkwater
• stay-at-home
• untraveled
• peasant
• bucolic

Antonyms of provincial

• cosmopolitan

Words that rhyme with provincial

• interprovincial
• minshall