hick
1hick
noun \ˈhik\Definition of HICK
: an unsophisticated provincial person
— hick·ish \ˈhi-kish\ adjective
Examples of HICK
- We felt like a bunch of hicks when we went to the city for the first time.
- <city dwellers who looked down on their cousins from northern Maine as hicks>
Origin of HICK
Hick, nickname for Richard
First Known Use: 1669
Related to HICK
- Synonyms
- bumpkin, chawbacon, churl, clodhopper, cornball, countryman, hayseed, hillbilly, provincial, rube, rustic, yokel
- Antonyms
- cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, sophisticate
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