Synonyms of hayseed
28 similar words
Another word for hayseed is carl. Other synonyms of hayseed are bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic and bydlo.
Synonyms and similar words for hayseed
nounA 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.
- corncob USA yokel.
- cornhusker USA yokel.
- 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 USA person (especially a farmer) of relatively recent Central or Eastern European peasant extraction.
- 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 hayseed
- noun Seeds from grass that has become hay.
- noun Cruft from bits of hay that sticks to clothing, etc.
- noun A rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin.
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