1. Characteristic of rural life
   "rustic awkwardness";
   - countrified, countryfied, down-home [N. Amer, informal], cornpone [US, informal]
    
2. Characteristic of the fields or country
   "rustic stone walls";
   - agrestic
    
3. Awkwardly simple and provincial
   "rustic farmers";
   - bumpkinly [informal], hick [N. Amer, informal], unsophisticated, desi [Asia], cornpone [US, informal]

1. An unsophisticated country person
   "The rustic felt out of place in the bustling city"

Derived forms: rustics

See also: provincial, rural

Type of: common person, commoner

Encyclopedia: Rustic, Toronto