small-towners
Rural community residents
Small-towners are people from small towns, often invoked to suggest provincial attitudes, traditional values, or lack of worldly sophistication: The small-towners didn't know what to make of the newcomers from New York.
The term can be affectionate or dismissive depending on context.
Area's permanent inhabitants
- provincialsPeople from outlying areas
- villagersInhabitants of small settlements
- townsfolkResidents of a village
- neighborsThose dwelling nearby
community members · residents · native sons · old-timers · homesteaders
Gullible country folk
- hicksUnsophisticated country people
- bumpkinsUnsophisticated country people
- yokelsNaive rural people
- hayseedsUnsophisticated rural people
unsophisticated · sheltered · naive · parochial · narrow-minded · insular · gossips · busybodies
Closely and firmly united
- neighborlyFriendly toward those nearby
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- churchgoingRegularly attending worship services
- hardworkingCommitted to sustained effort
salt-of-the-earth · family-oriented · down-to-earth · authentic · unpretentious · trustworthy · rooted · steady
Surgical tissue transfers
- relocatedMoved to new location
- homesickLonging for one's dwelling
- returneesThose who came back
- boomerangsCurved returning missiles
locals
Area's permanent inhabitants
- provincialsPeople from outlying areas
- villagersInhabitants of small settlements
- townsfolkResidents of a village
neighbors · community members · residents · native sons · old-timers · homesteaders
rubes
Gullible country folk
hayseeds · unsophisticated · sheltered · naive · parochial · narrow-minded · insular · gossips · busybodies · behind-the-times
tight-knit
Closely and firmly united
- neighborlyFriendly toward those nearby
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- churchgoingRegularly attending worship services
hardworking · salt-of-the-earth · family-oriented · down-to-earth · authentic · unpretentious · trustworthy · rooted · steady · reliable
transplants
Surgical tissue transfers
small-townerscity dwellers
People living in metropolises
urbanites · metropolitans · city slickers · townies · suburbanites
small-townerscosmopolitans
Worldly, well-traveled people
sophisticates · jet-setters · city slickers · globetrotters · urban elites
small, smaller, smallest, smallness, smallish, smalls, small town