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View usage for: (joʊkəl) Word forms: plural yokelscountable nounIf you refer to someone as a yokel, you think they are uneducated and stupid because they come from the countryside. [disapproval]Synonyms: peasant [informal], hick [informal, mainly US, Canadian], rustic, countryman More Synonyms of yokel (ˈjəʊkəl) noun derogatory (used chiefly by townspeople) a person who lives in the country, esp one who appears to be unsophisticated Derived forms yokelish (ˈyokelish) adjective Word origin C19: perhaps from dialect yokel green woodpecker, yellowhammer yokel in American English (ˈjoʊkəl) noun a person living in a rural area; rustic; country bumpkin a contemptuous term Word origin prob. < dial., green woodpecker Synonyms of 'yokel'peasant, hick, rustic, countryman More Synonyms of yokel Definition a person who lives in the country, esp. one who appears simple and old-fashioned a local yokel Synonyms hillbilly bucolic country cousin hayseed (US, Canadian, informal) bushie or bushy (Australian, New Zealand, informal) clodhopper (informal) (country) bumpkin Additional synonymsDefinition an ill-mannered, clumsy, or insensitive person He was a braggart, a cynic and a boor. Synonyms lout, peasant (informal), hick (informal, US, Canadian), barbarian, brute, philistine, redneck (US, slang), oaf, bumpkin, vulgarian, hayseed (US, Canadian, informal), cougan (Australian, slang), scozza (Australian, slang), bogan (Australian, slang), clodhopper (informal), churl, clodpole Definition a clumsy person Synonyms clown, booby, lout, loon (informal), oaf, bumpkin, yokel, boor, galoot (slang, US) Definition a person who lives in the country With her horses, dogs and tweeds she is above all a countrywoman. Synonyms yokel, farmer, peasant, provincial, hick (informal, US, Canadian), rustic, hind (obsolete), swain (archaic), hillbilly, bucolic, country dweller, hayseed (US, Canadian, informal), clodhopper (informal), husbandman, cockie (New Zealand), (country) bumpkin - yielding
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- yoke
- yokel
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- youngster
- your fill
Additional synonymsDefinition an unsophisticated country person He is an obnoxious hick. Synonyms yokel, peasant (informal), rustic, redneck, bumpkin, country bumpkin, hayseed (US, Canadian, informal) rustics in from the country Synonyms yokel, peasant, hick (informal, US, Canadian), bumpkin, Hodge, swain (archaic), hillbilly, country boy, clod, boor, country cousin, hayseed (US, Canadian, informal), clodhopper (informal), son of the soil, clown, countryman or countrywoman |