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Synonyms & Antonyms of aw-shucks
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment
- his persona may be that of an aw-shucks country singer, but offstage he is anything but
Synonyms for aw-shucks
- dewy,
- dewy-eyed,
- green,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- naïf
- (or naif),
- naive
- (or naïve),
- primitive,
- simple,
- simpleminded,
- uncritical,
- unknowing,
- unsophisticated,
- unsuspecting,
- unsuspicious,
- unwary,
- unworldly,
- wide-eyed
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Near Antonyms for aw-shucks
- down-to-earth,
- hardheaded,
- pragmatic
- (also pragmatical),
- realistic,
- sober
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“Aw-shucks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aw-shucks. Accessed 29 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of aw-shucks was in 1951
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