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yokel
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of YOKEL
an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country <a lame comedy about the misadventures of yokels in the big city>
Synonyms bumpkin, chawbacon, churl, clodhopper, cornball, countryman, hayseed, hillbilly, provincial, rube, rustic, yokel
Related Words boor, clod, clown, gawk, lout, oaf; greenhorn, tenderfoot; peasant, peon; backwoodsman, mountaineer
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