hick

n.
A person regarded as gullible or provincial: "New Yorkers had a horrid way of making people feel like hicks" (Louis Auchincloss).

adj.
Provincial; unsophisticated: a hick town.

[After Hick, a nickname for Richard, from Middle English Hikke.]

adjective

Of or relating to the countryside: arcadian, bucolic, campestral, country, pastoral, provincial, rural, rustic. See urban/rural.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: not very intelligent or interested in culture
  Synonyms: yokel, rube, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon

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The adjective hick has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (informal) rural and uncouth

Meaning #2: awkwardly simple and provincial
  Synonyms: bumpkinly, rustic, unsophisticated

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bondeknold
adj. - fra landet

Nederlands (Dutch)
een provinciaal, boerenkinkel

Français (French)
n. - plouc, bled
adj. - plouc

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hinterwäldler
adj. - provinziell, ländlich, abgelegen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) χωριάτης, καράβλαχος

Italiano (Italian)
provinciale, zoticone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - caipira (m) (f) (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
провинциал, икота, запинка, провинциальный, икать

Español (Spanish)
n. - palurdo, paleto
adj. - rústico, aldeano

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lantis, landsortsbo, lättlurad person

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
乡下人, 反应迟钝的人, 土头土脑的人, 乡巴佬似的, 乡下的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鄉下人, 反應遲鈍的人, 土頭土腦的人
adj. - 鄉巴佬似的, 鄉下的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 시골뜨기
adj. - 시골의, 시골뜨기의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 田舎者
adj. - 田舎者の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص ريفي أخرق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כפרי, בער‬
adj. - ‮קרתני, כפרי‬

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