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plural of hick
Synonyms & Antonyms of hicks
an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country
- city dwellers who looked down on their cousins from northern Maine as hicks
Synonyms for hicks
- bumpkins,
- chawbacons,
- churls,
- clodhoppers,
- cornballs,
- countrymen,
- hayseed
- (or hayseeds),
- provincials,
- rubes,
- rustics,
- yokels
Words Related to hicks
- greenhorns,
- tenderfeet
- (also tenderfoots)
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“Hicks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hicks. Accessed 5 Dec. 2021.
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