Origin of rube
Rube, nickname for Reuben
First Known Use: 1891
Synonyms
bumpkin, chawbacon, churl, clodhopper, cornball, countryman, hayseed, hillbilly, provincial, hick, rustic, yokel
Antonyms
cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, sophisticate
Related Words
boor, clod, clown, gawk, lout, oaf; greenhorn, tenderfoot; peasant, peon; backwoodsman, mountaineer
Near Antonyms
slicker, smoothy (or smoothie); metropolitan, suburbanite, urbanite
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