yokels
Unsophisticated rural folks
Yokels are unsophisticated rural people, especially as viewed condescendingly by city dwellers.
The word implies backwardness, naivety, and lack of worldly knowledge: The locals dismissed the tourists as yokels who didn't know how to dress for the weather.
Often used humorously or disparagingly to suggest someone is a country bumpkin.
Unsophisticated country people
- hicksUnsophisticated country people
- rubesGullible country folk
- hayseedsUnsophisticated rural people
- clodhoppersLarge, heavy shoes
hillbillies · rednecks · oafs · backwoodsmen · provincials · country bumpkin · clodhopper · caricature
Easily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- unworldlyLacking practical awareness
- innocentFree from moral wrong
green · inexperienced · simpleminded · trusting · impressionable · guileless · artless · wide-eyed
Land-cultivating occupation holders
- villagersInhabitants of small settlements
- countryfolkRural community members
- peasantsLow-ranking agricultural workers
- croftersScottish tenant farmers
cottagers · pastoralists · agrarians · countrywomen · countrymen · homesteaders · farmhands · rustics
Intolerant of differing views
- insularNarrow in outlook
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- small-townLimited local outlook
- clannishExclusionary toward outsiders
myopic · limited · conventional · traditionalist · conservative · xenophobic · bigoted · prejudiced
Lacking false superiority
- plainspokenCandid in speech
- homespunPlain and unpretentious
- earthyCoarse and unpretentious
- uncomplicatedEasy to understand
straightforward · sincere · unaffected · natural · candid · genuine · honest · direct
bumpkins
Unsophisticated country people
clodhoppers · hillbillies · rednecks · oafs · backwoodsmen · provincials · country bumpkin · clodhopper · caricature · mockery
gullible
Easily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- unworldlyLacking practical awareness
innocent · green · inexperienced · simpleminded · trusting · impressionable · guileless · artless · wide-eyed · ingenuous
farmers
Land-cultivating occupation holders
- villagersInhabitants of small settlements
- countryfolkRural community members
- peasantsLow-ranking agricultural workers
crofters · cottagers · pastoralists · agrarians · countrywomen · countrymen · homesteaders · farmhands · rustics · smallholders
narrow-minded
Intolerant of differing views
- insularNarrow in outlook
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- small-townLimited local outlook
clannish · myopic · limited · conventional · traditionalist · conservative · xenophobic · bigoted · prejudiced · backward
unpretentious
Lacking false superiority
- plainspokenCandid in speech
- homespunPlain and unpretentious
- earthyCoarse and unpretentious
uncomplicated · straightforward · sincere · unaffected · natural · candid · genuine · honest · direct · unadorned
yokelscosmopolitans
Worldly, well-traveled people
sophisticates · jet-setters · aesthetes · intellectuals · cognoscenti
yokelscity slickers
Urban dwellers, countryside-naive
urbanites · cosmopolitans · sophisticates · metropolitans · city dwellers
- under the yokeSubject to domination
- ox yokeBeam connecting draft animals
- shoulder yoke