rubes
Easily fooled folk
Rubes is the plural of rube, a derogatory term for unsophisticated country people—rustics easily fooled or impressed by city ways.
The word derives from the name Reuben, once stereotypically rural.
Carnival workers and con artists historically used it for easy marks: The rubes lined up to see the sideshow.
It retains a condescending edge: Those rubes will believe anything.
Rural naif, derogatory
- bumpkinUnsophisticated country dweller
- yokelNaïve rural person
- hayseedSlang for rustic person
- hillbillyRural mountain dweller stereotype
country bumpkin · provincial · small-town · backwoods · simple · unworldly · unrefined · sheltered
Prone to blind trust
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- trustingInclined to believe others
- dupeDeceive or victim
- suckerEasily fooled person
mark · easy · deceived · swindled · hoodwinked · exploitable · unsuspecting · vulnerable
hick
Rural naif, derogatory
hillbilly · country bumpkin · provincial · small-town · backwoods · simple · unworldly · unrefined · sheltered · inexperienced
credulous
Prone to blind trust
sucker · mark · easy · deceived · swindled · hoodwinked · exploitable · unsuspecting · vulnerable · conned
country
Sovereign state or territory
villager · countryman · rustic · agrarian · pastoral · backwater · outback · frontier · homesteader · settler
rubessophisticates
Worldly, cultured individuals
cosmopolitans · cognoscenti · connoisseurs · insiders · men of the world
rubescity slickers
Urban dwellers, countryside-naive
urbanites · metropolitans · townies · city dwellers · New Yorkers
rubescity slickers
Urban dwellers, countryside-naive
sophisticates · cosmopolitans · urbanites · metropolitans · jet-setters
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