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Definition of rustic : 1. A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person.
2. An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown.
3. Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress.
4. Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity.
5. Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners.
6. Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected.

Synonyms:

cultured, ungainly, unsophisticated, plain, pleasant, honest, uneasy, untaught, uncomfortable, loutish, outlandish, down-home, gauche, urbane, coarse, prickly, yokel, refined, ignorant, rough-hewn, verdant, arcadian, bumpkin, dull, sturdy, rugged, campestral, unpolished, countryman, boorish, bucolic, jagged, homespun, uncouth, textured, countrified, charming, urban, hayseed, hick, unadorned, hoidenish, complex, uncomplicated, bumpkinly, rough, clownish, the (great) outdoors, country, homely, uneven, picturesque, ragged, villager, sylvan, rude, stiff, clumsy, abrasive, agrestic, lumpish, country cousin, irregular, inelegant, unaffected, countryfied, simple, artless, ability, pleasing, clodhopper, awkward, graceless, unworldly, stilted, natural, ungraceful, idyllic, the land, countrywoman, provincial, wooden, lubberly

cultivated, agrarian, horticultural, farm, forest, pastoral, agricultural, agronomic, rural

Usage examples:

• I suspect she will turn out to be a village beauty, and somewhat rustic. - "Pepita Ximenez", Juan Valera.
• So, the old man brought this pretty rustic Miss Rhoda to the Bank?" - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
• Then, deeply troubled, he threw himself on a rustic seat near the wall, and buried his face in his hands. - "Nature's Serial Story", E. P. Roe.