Synonyms for hayseed
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Noun
1. Hick — A rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin
hick, rube US, provincial, peasant, rustic, yahoo, bucolic, clod hopper, bumpkin, country bumpkin informal, boor, corn-cob, cornhusker US, clown, countryman, lout, churl, yokel slang, chawbacon dated, honyock slang US
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Definitions
- n. 1
A rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin.
Forms
- Plural
- hayseeds → hicks, rubes, provincials, peasants…
Example sentences
- provincial Fyodor had his own campsite in the provincial park.
- peasant Yidir is a peasant who is well-known in his village.
- rustic The cabin Gustavo constructed was cozy and rustic.
- hick The truth is that Tom is not such a hick, buddy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| hayseed | rising | |
| provincial | falling | |
| peasant | falling | |
| rustic | rising | |
| hick | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hick1, rube1, boor1, lout1
- 5 letters
- yahoo2, clown1, yokel2, churl
- 6 letters
- rustic2
- 7 letters
- peasant2, bucolic3, bumpkin2, honyock
- 9 letters
- chawbacon
- 10 letters
- provincial3, countryman3, cornhusker
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (yahoo2 = 2 syllables).