Synonyms of redneck
101 similar words
Another word for redneck is bogan. Other synonyms of redneck are cracker, hick, hillbilly, peckerwood and white trash.
Synonyms and similar words for redneck
nounYokel, hick, country bumpkin.
- boganAn unsophisticated person from a working class background.
- crackerAn impoverished white person from the southeastern United States, originally associated with Georgia and parts of...
- hickAn awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
- hillbilly
- peckerwoodA white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.
- white trashA poorly educated white person or, collectively, white people of low social status and often regarded as lazy...
- adlay Australia
- bam
- Barry boyA man denoted by his taste for loud clothing and flashy cars.
- bazza
- benny
- bopper
- brush
- charva
- charver
- chavA working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in...
- dobber
- dresser
- dumboA stupid person.
- eshay Australia
- gazza
- gippo
- herbert
- hood ratA person, especially a man or a woman, from an urban neighborhood who overtly exhibits attributes associated with inner...
- kevA working-class male.
- knacker Ireland, UKA person of lower social class; a chav, skanger, or similar.
- mev
- ned ScotlandA person, usually a youth, of low social standing and education, with a violent disposition and a particular style of...
- nob
- ocker Australia
- pikey UK
- pleb
- poor white trash US
- prole
- puffy
- radgieAn angry or violent person.
- roadman
- rudeboy
- rudieA juvenile delinquent.
- scally
- scangerA person who is associated with petty criminality and who is seen as strongly identified with brand names in music...
- schemie
- scobeA chav or ned; a delinquent.
- scoundrel USA mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.
- scratterA chav (working-class youth associated with aggression and common tastes).
- scrote
- scrub
- scrubber
- scuffer
- scumbag
- scunner
- scutter
- sham
- skanger
- skeet
- smackheadA person who regularly uses heroin.
- smickA chav; a spide.
- snoopy
- spideA chav.
- steek
- stig
- sweeper
- thug
- thugetteA female thug (intimidating or violent person; hoodlum).
- townie
- trailer trash USPoorly-educated, usually white, individual(s) of low social status who stereotypically reside(s) in a trailer park.
- trev
- vic
- Westie Australia
- wigger US
- yarcoSomeone from, or living in the area of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England, stereotypically a chav.
- yob
- yobbo slangA yob.
- bogger Ireland, UK
- 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.
- carl
- churl
- corncob US
- cornhusker US
- 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 US
- honyock US
- hunk US
- promdiSomeone from the provinces; a hillbilly.
- provincial
- rube US
- rustic
- woolly back UK
- yokelA person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.
- hob obsolete
- hobnail obsolete
- hog-rubber obsoleteA coarse fellow only fit to such work as rubbing hogs.
- lob obsolete
Meaning of redneck
- noun A poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.
- noun Yokel, hick, country bumpkin.
- noun Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.
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Questions about synonyms of redneck
- What is another word for redneck?
- Redneck has 101 synonyms on Word.ws, such as bogan, cracker, hick, hillbilly, peckerwood, white trash, adlay and bam.
- What does redneck mean?
- Redneck means a poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: redneck (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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