provincial
NOUNADJECTIVE
/prə'vɪnʃəl/
10 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH P
provincial is a valid 10-letter word worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3R1O1V4I1N1C3I1A1L1
3 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =17 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 34TRIPLE WORD → 51
MEANING
What does provincial mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
A country person.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
2
(Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order.
“the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials”
BROADER
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
Characteristic of the provinces or their people.
“deeply provincial and conformist”
“in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial”
ANTONYMS
SIMILAR
RELATED
OTHER · 1 SENSE
1
Of or associated with a province.
“provincial government”
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