rube

rube

noun \ˈrüb\

Definition of RUBE

1

: an awkward unsophisticated person : rustic

2

: a naive or inexperienced person

Examples of RUBE

1. They treated us as if we were a bunch of rubes.
2. <rural voters were tired of being treated as rubes by state officials, who showed interest in them only at election time>

Origin of RUBE

Rube, nickname for Reuben

First Known Use: 1891

Related to RUBE

Synonyms: bumpkin, chawbacon, churl, clodhopper, cornball, countryman, hayseed, hillbilly, provincial, hick, 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 RUBE

boob, cube, lube, tube