bumpkin
1 of 2noun (1)
bump·kin ˈbəm(p)-kən 
: an awkward and unsophisticated rustic
bumpkinish
ˈbəm(p)-kə-nish
adjective bumpkinly
ˈbəm(p)-kən-lē
adjective bumpkin
2 of 2noun (2)
bump·kin ˈbəm(p)-kən
variants or bumkin
: a spar projecting from a ship especially at the stern
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- chawbacon
- churl
- clodhopper
- cornball
- countryman
- hayseed
- hick
- provincial
- rube
- rustic
- yokel
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
perhaps from Dutch bommekijn small cask, from Middle Dutch, from bomme cask
Noun (2)
probably from Dutch boomken, diminutive of boom tree
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1570, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
circa 1613, in the meaning defined above
bumpkins
noun
as in hicks
an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country the bumpkin was overwhelmed by the city's confusing subway system Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- hicks
- yokels
- rustics
- peasants
- rubes
- hayseeds
- hayseed
- clowns
- provincials
- cornballs
- countrymen
- mountaineers
- churls
- clodhoppers
- boors
- greenhorns
- louts
- oafs
- chawbacons
- gawks
- peons
- backwoodsmen
- clods
- tenderfeet
- tenderfoots
- peones
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sophisticates
- cosmopolitans
- suburbanites
- slickers
- urbanites
- cosmopolites
- metropolitans
- smoothies