Synonyms for provincial
prəˈvɪn ʃəlpro·vin·cial

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1. provincial

   Synonyms:
   appendant, annexed, outlying, rural, countrified, rustic, bucolic

   Antonyms:
   central, metropolitan, modish, fashionable, courtly

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1. provincialnoun

   (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"

   Synonyms:
   peasant, bucolic

   Antonyms:
   travelled, cosmopolitan, traveled

2. peasant, provincial, bucolicadjective

   a country person

   Synonyms:
   bucolic, peasant, churl, idyll, barbarian, tyke, idyl, boor, tike, eclogue

   Antonyms:
   cosmopolitan, travelled, traveled

3. provincialadjective

   of or associated with a province

   "provincial government"

   Antonyms:
   cosmopolitan, travelled, traveled

4. provincialadjective

   characteristic of the provinces or their people

   "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"

   Antonyms:
   travelled, traveled, cosmopolitan

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1. provincialadjective

   Synonyms:
   of a province, of provinces

2. provincialadjective

   Synonyms:
   rude, unpolished, unrefined, rustic, countrified

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1. List of paraphrases for "provincial":

   province, provinces, provincially, provinciale, province-wide, provincial-level, province-based, provinciales, boycott, governorate, al-muqataa, prov, province-level, governorates, regional

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1. Abdul Karim Khademzai:

   Apart from one district, all roads from the district centers to the provincial capital have been cut off and the government only control the provincial capital.

2. Najeeb Saeed:

   Since the occupation in 2003 we have not had any representative from Tikrit in the provincial council or parliament. Because Saddam was from Tikrit. They say in Baghdad we ruled Iraq for 35 years and it's enough.

3. Dirk Pfeiffer:

   This is what is needed. At a national level and even provincial level the policies were okay, but there were shortcomings in the way they were translated. And that's something that needs to be worked out to stop this disease.

4. Matthew McLaughlin:

   I'm the first American to come down to Cuba and play organized baseball in 60 years of the national or provincial series in Cuba, and I'm proud of it. I'm excited about it.

5. Deborah Lyon:

   Most districts that have been taken surround provincial capitals, suggesting that The Taliban are positioning themselves to try and take these capitals once foreign forces are fully withdrawn.