Synonyms and antonyms of Words for people who come from the countryside in British Thesaurus

village (noun)

the people who live in a village

villager (noun)

British someone who lives in a village

countryman (noun)

a man who lives in the countryside

countrywoman (noun)

a woman who lives in the countryside

bumpkin (noun)

an insulting word for someone who lives in the country. This word is used by people who think that people from the country are not intelligent or educated.

yokel (noun)

impolite someone who is not very intelligent or who does not know a lot about the world, usually because they come from a small town or village

country cousin (noun)

informal an insulting word for someone from the countryside who does not have much experience of city life

hick (noun)

mainly Americaninformal an insulting word for a person who has always lived in the country and does not know about life in the cities

country bumpkin (noun)

a bumpkin

backwoodsman (noun)

someone who lives in the backwoods

bushie (noun)

Australianinformalshowing disapproval an insulting word for someone who lives in the country, and does not know much about life in cities

bushman (noun)

Australian someone who lives in the Australian bush

hillbilly (noun)

Americanoffensive someone who lives in the countryside, especially someone who is not very well educated

provincial (noun)

someone who is not from a country’s capital city or a large city

provincial (noun)

someone who is old-fashioned and conservative because they do not come from a large city

rube (noun)

Americaninformal an insulting word for someone who comes from the countryside

rustic (noun)

someone who comes from the countryside. This word usually shows that you think people from the countryside are rude and lack intelligence.