hillbilly

hill·bil·ly

noun \ˈhil-ˌbi-lē\

plural hill·bil·lies

Definition of HILLBILLY

: a person from a backwoods area

Examples of HILLBILLY

1. Other kids called her a hillbilly because of her accent and her simple clothes.
2. <in the skit, he was a shy hillbilly in love with a city girl>

Origin of HILLBILLY

¹hill + Billy, nickname for William

First Known Use: 1891

Related to HILLBILLY

Synonyms: bumpkin, chawbacon, churl, clodhopper, cornball, countryman, hayseed, hick, provincial, rube, rustic, yokel

Antonyms: cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, sophisticate

Related Words: boor, clod, clown, gawk, lout, oaf; greenhorn, tenderfoot; peasant, peon; backwoodsman, mountaineer

Near Antonyms: slicker, smoothy (or smoothie); metropolitan, suburbanite, urbanite

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Rhymes with HILLBILLY

daylily, fusilli, guidwillie