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.

BROADER
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”

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
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OTHER · 1 SENSE
1

Of or associated with a province.

“provincial government”

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