unsophisticates
Naive, unworldly people
Unsophisticates are people lacking worldly experience or refinement—the naive, the simple, the unpolished.
The word typically appears when distinguishing ordinary folks from experts or insiders: The financial jargon bewildered unsophisticates.
It carries a mild condescension, implying those so labeled don't know what sophisticates know.
Innocently unsuspecting
- gullibleEasily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- ingenuousInnocently frank and trusting
- guilelessFree from deceit
trusting · unworldly · impressionable · unsuspecting · overtrusting · artless · unguarded · exploitable
Ordinary, unpretentious citizens
- unpretentiousLacking false superiority
- unaffectedNot changed or influenced
- artlessLacking deceit or cunning
- humbleUnassuming about oneself
modest · homespun · down-to-earth · straightforward · uncomplicated · simple · natural · unassuming
Inexperienced beginners
- novicesInexperienced newcomers
- neophytesInexperienced newcomers
- beginnersThose newly learning
- rookiesInexperienced beginners in profession
newbies · amateurs · fledglings · tyros · ingénues · initiates · learners · trainees
Rural, unsophisticated people
- provincialsPeople from outlying areas
- yokelsNaive rural people
- bumpkinsUnsophisticated country people
- peasantsLow-ranking agricultural workers
hayseeds · rubes · villagers · hicks · hillbillies · backwoodsmen · country cousins · homesteaders
naive
Innocently unsuspecting
guileless · trusting · unworldly · impressionable · unsuspecting · overtrusting · artless · unguarded · exploitable · deceivable
plain folk
Ordinary, unpretentious citizens
- unpretentiousLacking false superiority
- unaffectedNot changed or influenced
- artlessLacking deceit or cunning
humble · modest · homespun · down-to-earth · straightforward · uncomplicated · simple · natural · unassuming · wholesome
greenhorns
Inexperienced beginners
rookies · newbies · amateurs · fledglings · tyros · ingénues · initiates · learners · trainees · uninitiated
rustics
Rural, unsophisticated people
- provincialsPeople from outlying areas
- yokelsNaive rural people
- bumpkinsUnsophisticated country people
peasants · hayseeds · rubes · villagers · hicks · hillbillies · backwoodsmen · country cousins · homesteaders · small-towners
innocents
Blameless individuals
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
- uncorruptedNot spoiled or debased
- unspoiledNot damaged or degraded
untainted · unblemished · virginal · untouched · wholesome · childlike · lambs · babes · angels · clean
unsophisticatessophisticates
Worldly, cultured individuals
cosmopolitans · men of the world · women of the world · socialites · bon vivants
unsophisticatessophisticates
Worldly, cultured individuals
connoisseurs · intellectuals · aesthetes · highbrows · cognoscenti
unsophisticatescynics
Doubters of sincerity
skeptics · worldly-wise · disillusioned · old hands · wheeler-dealers