country

An area of land with its own government and borders.

• Which country are you from?
• They visited three countries last summer.
• The country elected a new president.

Similar words: nation, state

Common phrases: foreign country, home country, country border, independent country

Land outside towns and cities, where there are fields, farms, and small villages.

• We live in the country.
• She moved to the country after retiring.
• I miss the quiet of the country.

How to use it: in the country (My grandparents live in the country.)

Similar words: countryside

Opposites: city, town

Common phrases: in the country, country life, country air, out in the country

An area known for a particular feature, activity, or group of people.

• This is cattle country.
• We spent a week exploring wine country.
• The hikers crossed miles of rough country.

Similar words: area, region, territory

Common phrases: wine country, cattle country, rough country

Popular music from the southern United States, often played with guitars and telling everyday stories.

• She listens to country.
• The station plays country all day.
• His latest album mixes country with rock.

Similar words: country music

Common phrases: listen to country, classic country, country and western

In or from an area outside towns and cities, or connected with life there.

• We followed a country road.
• They bought a small country cottage.
• She enjoys country life and long walks.

Similar words: rural

Opposites: urban

Common phrases: country road, country cottage, country life

Typical of people who live on farms or in small villages, especially in style or behavior.

• His manners are very country.
• She likes furniture with a country feel.
• Their country ways seemed strange to the city visitors.

Similar words: rustic

Common phrases: country ways, country manners, very country