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| Main Entry: | redneck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hick |
| Synonyms: | boor, bumpkin, clodhopper, farmer, hayseed*, hillbilly, rube, rural, rustic, yokel*, backwoodsman/woman, cornfed, country boy/girl, country cousin, countryman/woman, good old boy, local yokel |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conservative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cautious, moderate, tending to preserve the status quo |
| Synonyms: | bourgeois, constant, conventional, die-hard, fearful, firm, fuddy-duddy*, guarded, hard hat, illiberal, inflexible, middle-of-the-road*, obstinate, old guard*, orthodox, quiet, reactionary, redneck*, right, right-wing, sober, stable, steady, timid, traditional, unchangeable, unchanging, unimaginative, Tory, controlled, fogyish, hidebound, holding to, in a rut, not extreme, old line, right of center, traditionalistic, uncreative, undaring, unprogressive, white bread |
| Antonyms: | exaggerated, incautious, left-wing, liberal, progressive, radical |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conservative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is cautious, moderate; an opponent of change |
| Synonyms: | diehard, hard hat, moderate, old guard*, reactionary, redneck*, right, stick-in-the-mud*, Tory, bitter-ender, classicist, conserver, conventionalist, middle-of-the-roader, moderatist, obstructionist, old liner, preserver, right-winger, rightist, silk-stocking, standpat, traditionalist, unprogressive |
| Antonyms: | liberal, progressive, radical, left-winger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rustic |
| Synonyms: | boor, bumpkin, clodhopper, farmer, hayseed*, hillbilly, redneck*, rube, rural, yokel*, backwoodsman/woman, cornfed, country boy/girl, country cousin, countryman/woman, local yokel |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rustic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person from the country, with little experience |
| Synonyms: | boor, farmer, hayseed*, hick*, hillbilly, mountaineer, peasant, provincial, redneck*, rural, yokel*, backwoodsperson, country cousin, countryperson |
| Antonyms: | city boy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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