pastoral

NOUNADJECTIVE /pæstərəl/
8 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH P

pastoral is a valid 8-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3A1S1T1O1R1A1L1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =10 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 20TRIPLE WORD → 30
MEANING

What does pastoral mean?

NOUN · 3 SENSES
1

A musical composition that evokes rural life.

SYNONYMS
IDYLIDYLLPASTORALE
BROADER
COMPOSITIONMUSICAL COMPOSITIONOPUSPIECEPIECE OF MUSIC
2

A letter from a pastor to the congregation.

BROADER
MISSIVELETTER
3

A literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds).

BROADER
LITERARY COMPOSITIONLITERARY WORK
NARROWER
BUCOLICECLOGUEIDYLIDYLL
ADJECTIVE · 2 SENSES
1

(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic.

“charming in its pastoral setting”

SYNONYMS
ARCADIANBUCOLIC
SIMILAR
RURAL
2

Relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle.

“pastoral seminomadic people”

“pastoral land”

SYNONYMS
BUCOLIC
OTHER · 1 SENSE
1

Of or relating to a pastor.

“pastoral work”

“a pastoral letter”

RELATED
PASTOR