adj. 1 local, regional Provincial administration is the responsibility of the sheriff 2 uncultured, uncultivated, unsophisticated, limited, uninformed, naïve, innocent, ingenuous, unpolished, unrefined, homespun, rustic, rude, country, parochial, insular, narrow-minded, boorish, loutish, cloddish, awkward, ungraceful, oafish, backwood(s), Brit parish pump, US small-town, Colloq US and Canadian hick, hick-town These paintings are unlikely to appeal to provincial tastes
n. 3 rustic, country cousin, (country) bumpkin, yokel, US and Canadian out-of-towner, hick, hayseed One could tell they were provincials by the cut of their clothes