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bumpkin

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bumpkin

an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country

the bumpkin was overwhelmed by the city's confusing subway system

Synonyms of bumpkin

chawbacon, churl, clodhopper, cornball, countryman, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, provincial, rube, rustic, yokel

Words Related to bumpkin

boor, clod, clown, gawk, lout, oaf

greenhorn, tenderfoot

backwoodsman, mountaineer

Near Antonyms of bumpkin

slicker, smoothy (or smoothie)

metropolitan, suburbanite, urbanite

Antonyms of bumpkin

cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, sophisticate

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