Hick
Hick noun - An awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country.
Usage example: city dwellers who looked down on their cousins from northern Maine as hicks
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Synonyms for Hick
Rustic
Rustic noun - An awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country.
Usage example: a rustic who was awed by the prices that city dwellers had to pay
Hick is a synonym for rustic (North American) in yokel topic. You can use "Hick" instead the word "Rustic" as a noun or an adjective, if it concerns topics such as hillbilly, uncouth, hayseed, backwoods. informal substitute
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Both words in one sentence
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Geryon from Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a more rustic version of this, essentially making him a combination of Corrupt Corporate Executive and Corrupt Hick
Source: Corrupt Corporate Executive
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Rustic and Hick. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hick/rustic
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