pastoral
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a musical composition that evokes rural life
Types & categories
- musical composition hypernym
Related & opposite
- bucolic derivation
Sense 2 adjective
of or relating to a pastor
pastoral work
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Sense 3 noun
a letter from a pastor to the congregation
Types & categories
- letter hypernym
Related & opposite
- pastoral derivation
Sense 4 adjective
relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
pastoral seminomadic people
Related & opposite
- sheepherder pertains to
Sense 5 noun
a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
Types & categories
- literary composition hypernym
- eclogue hyponym
Related & opposite
- bucolic derivation
Sense 6 adjective
(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
a country life of arcadian contentment
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bucolic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | musical composition |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pastoral |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | minister |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | minister |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pastoral |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | letter |
| 4 | pertains to | Related & opposite | sheepherder |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bucolic |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | literary composition |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | eclogue |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | pastoral |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | pastoral |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | Arcadian |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | rural |