country cousin
Unsophisticated family visitor
A country cousin is a relative or acquaintance from a rural area, especially one perceived as unsophisticated or unfamiliar with city ways.
The term often carries condescension, implying someone naïve or out of place in urban settings: My country cousins visited Manhattan and gawked at everything.
It can also refer to a simpler or less refined version of something.
Naive country person
- hayseedSlang for rustic person
- hillbillyRural mountain dweller stereotype
- bumpkinUnsophisticated country dweller
- yokelNaïve rural person
clodhopper · simpleton · hick · provincial · unsophisticated · backwards · old-fashioned · behind the times
Inexperienced, gullible newcomer
- rubeNaive country person
- bumpkinUnsophisticated country dweller
- hickRural naif, derogatory
- yokelNaïve rural person
innocent · guileless · ingenuous · unworldly · unsophisticated · credulous · wide-eyed · gullible
Of the countryside
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- bucolicIdyllically rural
- rusticRural and unrefined
small-town · backwoods · homespun · folksy · down-home · village · heartland · agrarian
One in alien circumstances
- outsiderOne excluded from group
- misfitOne who doesn't fit in
- strangerPerson not yet known
- newcomerRecent arrival somewhere
visitor · alien · disoriented · awkward · uncomfortable · out of place · unfamiliar · lost
rube
Naive country person
- hayseedSlang for rustic person
- hillbillyRural mountain dweller stereotype
- bumpkinUnsophisticated country dweller
yokel · clodhopper · simpleton · hick · provincial · unsophisticated · backwards · old-fashioned · behind the times · quaint
greenhorn
Inexperienced, gullible newcomer
yokel · innocent · guileless · ingenuous · unworldly · unsophisticated · credulous · wide-eyed · gullible · trusting
rural
Of the countryside
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- bucolicIdyllically rural
rustic · small-town · backwoods · homespun · folksy · down-home · village · heartland · agrarian · plain-spoken
fish out of water
One in alien circumstances
newcomer · visitor · alien · disoriented · awkward · uncomfortable · out of place · unfamiliar · lost · bewildered
country cousincity slicker
Savvy metropolitan dweller
urbanite · cosmopolitan · sophisticate · man of the world · woman of the world
country, cousin, countries, cousins, countrified, countryside, countrywide, countryman, countrymen