hick

noun/hɪk/

Frequency rank: #16,829 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

an unsophisticated person from a rural area; a country bumpkin.

Illustration for the English word “hick”

Example sentence

Some city kids made fun of him and called him a total hick because he had never seen a skyscraper before.

Synonyms & related words

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