countryfolk
Village and farm dwellers
Countryfolk are people who live in rural areas, as distinguished from city dwellers.
The term carries connotations of traditional ways of life, close-knit communities, and connection to the land: The countryfolk had their own remedies for common ailments.
Sometimes used nostalgically or condescendingly by urbanites.
Inhabitants of small settlements
- farmersLand-cultivating occupation holders
- peasantsLow-ranking agricultural workers
- rusticsRural, unsophisticated people
- yokelsNaive rural people
hicks · bumpkins · hayseeds · hillbillies · homesteaders · ranchers · shepherds · crofters
Those dwelling nearby
- townsfolkResidents of a village
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- parishionersMembers of local congregation
congregation · kinfolk · elders · old-timers · families · generations · clans · tribes
Customary community behaviors
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- craftsHandmade artistic works
- quiltingLayered fabric stitching
canning · preserving · storytelling · ballads · fiddle music · square dancing · barn dances · harvest festivals
Urban dwellers, countryside-naive
- urbanitesMetropolitan area residents
- outsidersThose not belonging
- newcomersThose recently arrived
- touristsTravelers seeing sights
weekenders · sophisticates · cosmopolitans · metropolitans · townsfolk · suburbanites · gentrifiers · summer people
villagers
Inhabitants of small settlements
- farmersLand-cultivating occupation holders
- peasantsLow-ranking agricultural workers
- rusticsRural, unsophisticated people
yokels · hicks · bumpkins · hayseeds · hillbillies · homesteaders · ranchers · shepherds · crofters · smallholders
neighbors
Those dwelling nearby
parishioners · congregation · kinfolk · elders · old-timers · families · generations · clans · tribes · homeowners
folkways
Customary community behaviors
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- craftsHandmade artistic works
quilting · canning · preserving · storytelling · ballads · fiddle music · square dancing · barn dances · harvest festivals · county fairs
city slickers
Urban dwellers, countryside-naive
tourists · weekenders · sophisticates · cosmopolitans · metropolitans · townsfolk · suburbanites · gentrifiers · summer people · lowlanders
- rural folkpeasantry, farmers, farmhands, farm workers, farmworkers
- kinfolkkin, kindred, kinfolk, kinsmen, relatives
countryfolkurbanites
Metropolitan area residents
city dwellers · townspeople · metropolitans · city slickers · urban population
countryfolkcosmopolitans
Worldly, well-traveled people
urbanites · city slickers · sophisticates · intelligentsia · jet-setters
country, folk, countryside, countries, countryman, countrysides, countrymen, folksong, folkish