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countryman

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of countryman

1 a person living in or originally from the same country as another
  • I met a fellow Canadian countryman while traveling in France.
Synonyms of countryman

compatriot
Words Related to countryman

countrywoman

nationalist, patriot

citizen, national, subject

aborigine, native

resident
Near Antonyms of countryman

alien, foreigner, immigrant, outsider
2 an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country
  • Though neither well-educated nor well-dressed, the countryman presented the farmers' case before the state legislature.
Synonyms of countryman

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

boor, clod, clown, gawk, lout, oaf

greenhorn, tenderfoot

backwoodsman, mountaineer
Near Antonyms of countryman

slicker, smoothy (or smoothie)

metropolitan, suburbanite, urbanite
Antonyms of countryman

cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, sophisticate

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