Synonyms of cornhusker
29 similar words
Another word for cornhusker is cornshucker. Other synonyms of cornhusker are corncob, hayseed, bogger, bogtrotter and boor.
Synonyms and similar words for cornhusker
nounA person or device that removes husks from corn.
- cornshuckerA farmer or farm worker engaged in shucking corn (maize). A role played periodically, not a vocation.
nounA yokel.
- corncobA yokel.
- hayseedA rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin.
- bogger Ireland, UKSynonym of boglander: an Irishman, now (Ireland, derogatory) a yokel, an Irishman from the countryside or (sometimes)...
- bogtrotter Ireland
- boor
- bucolic
- bydloSomeone who is backwards, lacking refinement and culture, usually a person of Slavic origin.
- culchie IrelandAn unsophisticated rural person; a rustic or provincial.
- carlA rude, rustic man; a churl.
- churlA rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor.
- country bumpkinAn unsophisticated person from the rural area of a particular country.
- country cousinAn acquaintance from the countryside, who is regarded by city dwellers as being poorly adapted for city life.
- clodhopper
- dubbo AustraliaA foolish person.
- joskinA yokel, country bumpkin.
- hickAn awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
- honyock US
- hunk USA honyock.
- promdiSomeone from the provinces; a hillbilly.
- provincial
- rube USA person of rural heritage; a yokel.
- rusticAn unsophisticated or uncultured person.
- woolly back UK
- yokelA person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.
- hob obsoleteA countryman; a rustic or yokel.
- hobnail obsolete
- hog-rubber obsoleteA coarse fellow only fit to such work as rubbing hogs.
- lob obsoleteA country bumpkin; a yokel.
Meaning of cornhusker
- noun A person or device that removes husks from corn.
- noun A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
- noun A yokel.
Questions about synonyms of cornhusker
- What is another word for cornhusker?
- Cornhusker has 29 synonyms on Word.ws, such as cornshucker, corncob, hayseed, bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic and bydlo.
- What does cornhusker mean?
- Cornhusker means a person or device that removes husks from corn.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cornhusker (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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