🚜yokel

noun
/ˈjoʊkəl/

Meaning

An uneducated and unsophisticated person from the countryside; a bumpkin.

Example Sentences

The city folks laughed at the yokel's simple ways.

Synonyms

bumpkin, rustic, peasant, hillbilly, hick

Antonyms

gentleman, sophisticate, urbanite

Collocations

country yokel, simple yokel, poor yokel

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