hayseeds

Unsophisticated rural folk

Hayseeds are the seeds of hay grasses, but the word's primary use is as a mildly disparaging term for unsophisticated rural people—farmers, country folk, rustics.

The image suggests someone with bits of hay still clinging to their clothes: Those hayseeds don't know anything about city life.

The singular hayseed works the same way.

ruralfolk

rustics

Rural, unsophisticated people

bumpkinsUnsophisticated country people
yokelsNaive rural people
countryfolkRural community members

villagers · farmers · provincials · small-towners · backwoodsmen · peasants · hillbillies · homesteaders · ranchers · country cousins

naivety

bumpkin

Unsophisticated country dweller

rubeNaive country person
yokelNaïve rural person
greenhornInexperienced, gullible newcomer

unsophisticated · gullible · innocent · credulous · unworldly · ingenuous · wide-eyed · simpleton · guileless · artless

stereotype

overalls

Trousers with bib front

drawlUnhurried, elongated speech pattern
straw hatWoven plant-fiber headwear
pickup truckLight cargo vehicle

twang · accent · pitchfork · plaid · cornpone · barnyard · jug · banjo · hoedown · square dance

agriculture

straw

Tube for sipping

balesTied agricultural packages
barnAgricultural storage structure
fodderCoarse livestock nourishment

silage · pasture · livestock · cattle · feed · loft · pitchfork · threshing · harvest · sowing

hayseeds

rustics

bumpkin

overalls

straw

hayseeds

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