Synonyms of churl

churl

noun

ˈchər(-ə)l 

1

as in peasant

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

as far as he was concerned, anyone from outside the city was a backwater churl

Synonyms & Similar Words

• peasant
• hick
• clown
• bumpkin
• yokel
• provincial
• rube
• rustic
• countryman
• hayseed
• mountaineer
• clodhopper
• boor
• cornball
• oaf
• lout
• gawk
• greenhorn
• chawbacon
• peon
• clod
• tenderfoot
• backwoodsman

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cosmopolitan
• sophisticate
• cosmopolite
• slicker
• suburbanite
• metropolitan
• urbanite
• smoothy

2

as in miser

a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money

don't bother asking for donations at that house—the churl who lives there believes that charity begins and ends at home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• miser
• hunks
• skinflint
• cheapskate
• tightwad
• piker
• scrooge
• penny-pincher
• saver
• hoarder
• pack rat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spendthrift
• prodigal
• wastrel
• waster
• spender
• profligate
• squanderer

3

as in bastard

a person whose behavior is offensive to others

a churl who gets thrown out of parties with remarkable regularity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bastard
• jerk
• dog
• clown
• joker
• boor
• skunk
• swine
• creep
• brute
• bounder
• idiot
• beast
• lout
• rotter
• snake
• heel
• rat
• brat
• cur
• louse
• cad
• fool
• moron
• toad
• villain
• cretin
• vermin
• sod
• schmuck
• scum
• stinker
• bugger
• hound
• blighter
• reptile
• barbarian
• scumbag
• pill
• fink
• bleeder
• buzzard
• varmint
• slime
• slob
• scuzzball
• nuisance
• dirtbag
• wretch
• so-and-so
• crumb
• savage
• son of a gun
• slimeball
• nerd
• sleazebag
• sleaze
• crud
• sleazeball
• scoundrel
• vulgarian
• rascal
• chuff
• stinkard
• loudmouth
• rat fink
• dolt
• scamp
• caveman
• scab
• imbecile
• rogue
• blockhead
• lowlife
• roughneck
• ninny
• miscreant
• snob
• jackass
• goon
• insolent
• Neanderthal
• booby
• dork
• nincompoop
• airhead
• snot
• dope
• schmo
• dink
• pest
• nit
• turkey
• nut
• doofus
• nitwit
• dweeb
• snip
• half-wit
• snoot
• birdbrain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hero
• gentleman
• lady
• heroine
• idol
• saint
• role model
• angel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of churl

But the cartoonish executive in Episode 1 will require a Grinch-like turnaround to become anything but a clownish churl. — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2022

Only a churl would lament the existence of these testaments to the out-of-nowhere potential of a great pop hit. — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2021