hokey

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of HOKEY

tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated <their father's sense of humor was hokey beyond belief and most people's endurance>

Synonyms cornball, corn-fed, cornpone, hokey

Related Words countrified (also countryfied), down-home, folksy, rustic (also rustical); hick, hickish

Near Antonyms cosmopolitan, smart, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise; hip, trendy, with-it

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