hicks
Unsophisticated rural folk
Hicks is the plural of hick, a derogatory term for a person from rural areas, implying ignorance, unsophistication, or backwardness: Those hicks don't know anything about city life.
The word suggests someone out of touch with modern or urban ways. (Capitalized Hicks is a surname.)
Naive rural people
- bumpkinsUnsophisticated country people
- rednecksRural working-class whites
- hayseedsUnsophisticated rural people
- hillbilliesRural mountain people
rubes · clodhoppers · backwoodsmen · provincials · bogans · country bumpkin · unsophisticated · backwards
Naïve rural person
- bumpkinUnsophisticated country dweller
- redneckRural Southern laborer stereotype
- hayseedSlang for rustic person
- hillbillyRural mountain dweller stereotype
rube · clodhopper · oaf · lout · boor · yahoo · cornball · backward
Sovereign state or territory
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- backwoodsRemote, undeveloped rural area
- backcountrySparsely populated wilderness areas
outback · boondocks · sticks · boonies · provinces · heartland · hinterland · bush
Lacking refinement or complexity
- unworldlyLacking practical awareness
- simpleFree of complexity
- inexperiencedLacking practical knowledge
- greenColor of vegetation
sheltered · provincial · parochial · narrow · insular · unpolished · uncultured · untraveled
yokels
Naive rural people
- bumpkinsUnsophisticated country people
- rednecksRural working-class whites
- hayseedsUnsophisticated rural people
hillbillies · rubes · clodhoppers · backwoodsmen · provincials · bogans · country bumpkin · unsophisticated · backwards · uneducated
yokel
Naïve rural person
- bumpkinUnsophisticated country dweller
- redneckRural Southern laborer stereotype
- hayseedSlang for rustic person
hillbilly · rube · clodhopper · oaf · lout · boor · yahoo · cornball · backward · ignorant
country
Sovereign state or territory
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- backwoodsRemote, undeveloped rural area
backcountry · outback · boondocks · sticks · boonies · provinces · heartland · hinterland · bush · pastoral
unsophisticated
Lacking refinement or complexity
- unworldlyLacking practical awareness
- simpleFree of complexity
- inexperiencedLacking practical knowledge
green · sheltered · provincial · parochial · narrow · insular · unpolished · uncultured · untraveled · homespun
hicksurbanites
Metropolitan area residents
city slickers · city dwellers · metropolitans · townies · cosmopolitans
hickssophisticates
Worldly, cultured individuals
cosmopolitans · jet-setters · elites · intellectuals · cognoscenti
- hick town
- hickory dickory dockNonsense nursery verse
- hickory nutEdible seed from American hardwood
- hickory stickHard wood rod
- hickory chipsHardwood pieces for smoking
- Braxton HicksPreparatory womb contractions