countryside settings

Bucolic landscape environments

Rural or semi-rural environments characterized by open land, farms, villages, and natural landscapes rather than urban development.

The phrase appears most often in real estate, tourism, and fiction to evoke pastoral tranquility: The novel unfolds in idyllic countryside settings, We wanted countryside settings for our wedding photos.

The plural suggests variety—rolling hills, meadows, wooded areas—unified by distance from cities.

Related

forest · village · village green · field · farming · bucolic · pastoral · cottage · hiking · fresh air · idyllic · valley · agrarian · rustic · gate · stone wall · quaint · dirt path

Categories
Opposites
urbanization/development

countryside settingsurban environments

Built-up populated areas

metropolitan areas · urban landscapes · downtown areas · inner city · cityscapes

natural vs. artificial environment

countryside settingsparking lots

Paved areas for vehicles

construction sites · office parks · commercial zones · industrial zones · shopping malls

Family

country, countryside, countrysides, countries, countrified, setting, settings, setter, setters

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G