SEMIRURAL Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

semirural

adjective

Definition of semirural

as in nonurban

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Recent Examples of semirural Her fiance travels weekly for work, leaving her alone in their house in Shadow Hills, a quaint semirural neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. — oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2023 An evacuation order also was issued for residents of the Wilton area in semirural southeastern Sacramento County. — Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2023 In the wake of apparent ruin, the family relocated from a town house in Harlem, with good furniture and servants, and a summer home on the beach, to the wilds of semirural Brooklyn. — Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022 And yet those Americans, along with their neighbors in semirural suburban communities, play an outsize role in American electoral politics. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 13 June 2022 See All Example Sentences for semirural

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Fish caught near urban areas contained nearly three times more PFOS and overall PFAS than those caught in nonurban locations, the study found.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
The nonurban groups also dined on venison in the spring, when fawns were easy prey.

— Bethany Brookshire, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2022

Definition of nonurban

Adjective

Waiving tariffs on some Canadian agricultural products could presage similar efforts in Michigan and New Hampshire, where Republican candidates facing uphill election fights have spoken out against tariffs on Canada.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 25 Oct. 2026
The increase comes as golden mussels continue to spread through California’s interconnected waterways, threatening drinking water supplies, agricultural infrastructure and recreational boating access.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of agricultural

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Thomas Jefferson, himself an agrarian populist, has been especially caught up in the crossfire.

— Jackson Lears, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
The digital revolution rocked the analog world of art, media and communication on a scale the industrial revolution did to agrarian and handicraft economies more than a century ago.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of agrarian

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