Antonyms for countryside


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuhn-tree-sahyd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌn triˌsaɪd


Definition of countryside

Origin :
  • mid-15c., literally "one side of a country" (a valley, a mountain range, etc.), from country + side (n.); hence, "any tract of land having a natural unity" (1727).
  • noun non-city environment
Example sentences :
  • By your own account you have not made the countryside endurable to men.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • The day was sultry, and June in all its power ruled the countryside.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Reports came in that the countryside was up in arms, moving to attack the Mercutians.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • He began to speculate on the future of the countryside when the Gaelic revival was complete.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • "Oh, London may be very gay, but it's nothing to the countryside," sang Meg.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • All the folks of the countryside have told me that it is forbidden.'
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • Great peacefulness came from the countryside which could not be seen.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • Then cholera swept our countryside, and we heard she had taken it and died.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • That afternoon Galusha spent in wandering about the countryside.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Am I Vicomtesse of Lavedan, or the wife of a boor of the countryside?
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini

Synonyms for countryside

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