countryside

noun

KUN-tree-syd/ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/

Pluralcountrysides (some meanings)

3 meanings of countryside

1
noununcountable
Land that lies outside towns and cities, rural rather than urban or suburban.
Many families leave the city each summer to spend time in the countryside.
The countryside around the village is dotted with small farms and hedgerows.
Similarcountry
Oppositecity, town
2
noununcountable
Rural scenery; the open land, fields, and hills that make up a country view.
The artist captured the rolling countryside in soft morning light.
Her photographs of the Tuscan countryside hung along the gallery wall.
Similarlandscape, scenery
3
nouncountable or uncountable
The rural section of a larger region, set apart from its towns and cities.
The county's countryside stretches west toward the mountains, while its towns cluster in the east.
Beyond the capital lies a vast countryside of scattered villages and farmland.
Similarhinterland, country

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Origin

Formed from "country" combined with the suffix "-side."