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Synonyms for rube

Most common

redneck hick bumpkin boor sucker dupe

All synonyms

Noun

1. Yokel — A person of rural heritage; a yokel

hick, bumpkin, boor, redneck, lout, country bumpkin informal, clod hopper, peasant, bucolic, rustic, provincial, yahoo, hayseed US, clown, churl, yokel slang, chawbacon dated, honyock slang US

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person of rural heritage; a yokel.

Forms

Plural
rubes → hicks, bumpkins, boors, rednecks…

Example sentences

  • redneck The way he talks and acts, you can tell he's a redneck.
  • hick The truth is that Tom is not such a hick, buddy.
  • bumpkin Who brought this unpolished country bumpkin?
  • boor My grandpa describes a Karen as a boor.
  • sucker As you might already know, I am a sucker for old books.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
ruberising
redneckrising
hickrising
bumpkinrising
boorsteady
suckersteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
dupe1, hick1, boor1, lout1
5 letters
yahoo2, clown1, yokel2, churl
6 letters
sucker2, rustic2
7 letters
peasant2, redneck2, bucolic3, bumpkin2, hayseed, honyock
9 letters
chawbacon
10 letters
provincial3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (yahoo2 = 2 syllables).