PASTORAL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
   Hypernyms(s) pastoral is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • literary composition (what does literary composition mean?)
   • literary work (what does literary work mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • eclogue (what does eclogue mean?)
   • bucolic (what does bucolic mean?)
   • idyll (what does idyll mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a letter from a pastor to the congregation
   Hypernyms(s) pastoral is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • letter (what does letter mean?)
   • missive (what does missive mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a musical composition that evokes rural life
   Synonym(s)
   • idyll (what does idyll mean?)
   • pastorale (what does pastorale mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) pastoral is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • musical composition (what does musical composition mean?)
   • opus (what does opus mean?)
   • composition (what does composition mean?)
   • piece (what does piece mean?)
   • piece of music (what does piece of music mean?)

PASTORAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • suggestive of an idyll
   • charmingly simple and serene
   Synonym(s)
   • idyllic (what does idyllic mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his idyllic life in Tahiti
   • the pastoral legends of America’’s Golden Age
   Similar To
   • pleasant (what does pleasant mean?)
2. Meaning
   • used of idealized country life
   Synonym(s)
   • arcadian (what does arcadian mean?)
   • bucolic (what does bucolic mean?)
   • rustic (what does rustic mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a country life of arcadian contentment
   • a pleasant bucolic scene
   • charming in its pastoral setting
   • rustic tranquility
   Similar To
   • rural (what does rural mean?)
3. Meaning
   • of or relating to a pastor
   Usage Example(s)
   • pastoral work
   • a pastoral letter
   Pertainym(s)
   • curate (what does curate mean?)
   • minister (what does minister mean?)
   • parson (what does parson mean?)
   • pastor (what does pastor mean?)
   • rector (what does rector mean?)
4. Meaning
   • relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
   Synonym(s)
   • bucolic (what does bucolic mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • pastoral seminomadic people
   • pastoral land
   • a pastoral economy
   Pertainym(s)
   • sheepherder (what does sheepherder mean?)
   • shepherd (what does shepherd mean?)
   • sheepman (what does sheepman mean?)
   • sheepherder (what does sheepherder mean?)
   • shepherd (what does shepherd mean?)
   • sheepman (what does sheepman mean?)