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churl

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of churl

1 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 of churl

bumpkin, clodhopper, cornball, countryman, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, provincial, rube, rustic, yokel
Words Related to churl

boor, clod, clown, gawk, lout, oaf

greenhorn, tenderfoot

backwoodsman, mountaineer
Near Antonyms of churl

slicker, smoothy (or smoothie)

metropolitan, suburbanite, urbanite
Antonyms of churl

cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, sophisticate
2 a person whose behavior is offensive to others
  • a churl who gets thrown out of parties with remarkable regularity
Synonyms of churl

beast, boor, cad, clown, creep, cur, dog, heel, jerk, joker, louse, lout, pill, rat, reptile, scum, skunk, slob, snake, stinker, swine, varmint, vermin
Words Related to churl

barbarian, brute, caveman, Neanderthal, savage

loudmouth, vulgarian

lowlife, miscreant, rascal, rogue, roughneck, scab, scamp, scoundrel, villain, wretch

booby, fool, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, nut

airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, dolt, dope, dork [slang], goon, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, turkey
Phrases Synonymous with churl

son of a gun
Near Antonyms of churl

hero, heroine, idol, role model

gentleman, lady

angel, saint

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