provincial
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(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
Types & categories
- official hypernym
Related & opposite
- Western Church domain topic
Sense 2 adjective
of or associated with a province
provincial government
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a country person
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- peasanthood derivation
Sense 4 adjective
characteristic of the provinces or their people
deeply provincial and conformist
Related & opposite
- cosmopolitan antonym
- state derivation
- hick similar to
- corn-fed similar to
- parochial similar to
- jerkwater similar to
- stay-at-homea similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | Western Church |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | official |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | state |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | state |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | peasanthood |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | rustic |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cotter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | muzhik |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | cosmopolitan |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | state |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | hick |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | corn-fed |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | parochial |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | jerkwater |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | stay-at-homea |