hayseed
Unsophisticated rural person
A hayseed is a rustic, unsophisticated person from a rural area—someone with straw still clinging to their clothes, metaphorically speaking.
The term is mildly disparaging, suggesting naivety about city ways: He looked like a hayseed fresh off the farm.
Literally, hayseeds are the seeds that fall from hay during handling.
Unsophisticated country dweller
- yokelNaïve rural person
- hillbillyRural mountain dweller stereotype
- redneckRural Southern laborer stereotype
- greenhornInexperienced, gullible newcomer
rube · hick · naive · gullible · unsophisticated · unworldly · simple · provincial
Gathering mature crops
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- plowTool for turning soil
tractor · silo · barnyard · farmhand · tillage · fertilizer · seedling · cultivator
Of countryside or clergy care
- bucolicIdyllically rural
- rusticRural and unrefined
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
homestead · farmland · backwoods · small-town · windmill · grange · heartland
Intolerant of differing views
- parochialNarrow in perspective
- insularNarrow in outlook
- unculturedLacking refinement or education
- uncouthLacking good manners
boorish · unrefined · unpolished · crude · small-minded · backwards · unsophisticated · ignorant
bumpkin
Unsophisticated country dweller
- yokelNaïve rural person
- hillbillyRural mountain dweller stereotype
- redneckRural Southern laborer stereotype
greenhorn · rube · hick · naive · gullible · unsophisticated · unworldly · simple · provincial · backwoodsman
harvest
Gathering mature crops
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
plow · tractor · silo · barnyard · farmhand · tillage · fertilizer · seedling · cultivator · harvester
pastoral
Of countryside or clergy care
- bucolicIdyllically rural
- rusticRural and unrefined
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
meadow · homestead · farmland · backwoods · small-town · windmill · grange · heartland
narrow-minded
Intolerant of differing views
- parochialNarrow in perspective
- insularNarrow in outlook
- unculturedLacking refinement or education
uncouth · boorish · unrefined · unpolished · crude · small-minded · backwards · unsophisticated · ignorant · sheltered
- class labelsaristocrat, beggar, bourgeois, commoner, elite
- easy targetssuckers, dupes, marks, patsies, rubes
- suckerssucker, lollipop, Dum Dum, Tootsie Pop, all-day sucker
hayseedurbanite
Metropolitan resident
city slicker · cosmopolitan · metropolitan · townie · city dweller
hayseedsophisticate
Worldly, cultured person
cosmopolite · slicker · man of the world · woman of the world · smoothie