rural UK /ˈɹʊəɹəl/US /ˈɹʊɹəl/adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … . — 1913 noun1 •(no longer used) A person from the countryside; a rustic. formsrurals · more rural · most rural