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| Main Entry: | yokel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is mired in local custom |
| Synonyms: | boor*, hayseed*, peasant, rustic, backwoods person, country cousin, country person |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | churl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rude and ill-bred, a boor; person overly concerned with saving money |
| Synonyms: | beast, clodhopper*, miser, oaf, peasant, provincial, rustic, tightwad, yokel, chuff, mucker, niggard |
* = 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: | hillbilly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hayseed |
| Synonyms: | boor*, bumpkin, clodhopper*, country bumpkin, hick*, rube, rustic, yokel, backwoodsman/woman, country boy/girl, country cousin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lummox |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | oaf |
| Synonyms: | beast, boor, brute, bumpkin, chump*, clod, clodhopper, clown, dolt, dunce, fool, goon*, half-wit*, hayseed, idiot, imbecile, klutz*, loser, lout*, moron, nincompoop*, sap*, simpleton*, yokel, blunderer, bruiser, dumb ox, lunkhead, ox* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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
| Main Entry: | country bumpkin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unsophisticated person |
| Synonyms: | clodhopper, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, rube, yokel |
| Main Entry: | clown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid, ignorant person |
| Synonyms: | blockhead*, boor, bucolic, buffoon, bumpkin*, churl, clodhopper*, gawk, hayseed*, hick*, lout, oaf, peasant, rube, rustic, yahoo*, yokel, chuff, hind, jake, mucker, swain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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