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Synonyms of hob

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Another word for hob is stovetop. Other synonyms of hob are cooktop, range, hob-ferret, bogger and bogtrotter.

Synonyms and similar words for hob

nounThe top cooking surface on a cooker. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four)...

  • cooktop Canada, USOne designed to fit onto a surface such as the top of a table.
  • stovetopThe top of a stove; usually specifically the burners.
  • range

nounA male ferret.

  • hob-ferretSynonym of buck (“a male ferret”).

nounA countryman; a rustic or yokel.

  • 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.
  • hayseed USA rustic person; a yokel or 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.
  • hobnail obsolete
  • hog-rubber obsoleteA coarse fellow only fit to such work as rubbing hogs.
  • lob obsoleteA country bumpkin; a yokel.

nounSupernatural creature.

Meaning of hob

  1. noun A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
  2. noun The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
  3. noun The top cooking surface on a cooker. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), usually called rings.

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Questions about synonyms of hob

What is another word for hob?
Hob has 33 synonyms on Word.ws, such as stovetop, cooktop, range, hob-ferret, bogger, bogtrotter, boor and bucolic.
What does hob mean?
Hob means a kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hob (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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