Rube
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹuːb/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rube is a noun meaning (US, Canada, informal) A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
Meaning
(US, Canada, informal) A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
More Meanings
- (derogatory) An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.
Example Sentences
You know what you look like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes? You look like a rube. A well scrubbed, hustling rube with a little taste.
"Same time," said Babbitt, "no sense excusing these rube burgs too easy. Fellow's own fault if he doesn't show the initiative to up and beat it to the city, like we done—did. […]"
Word Forms
- rubes
Synonyms for rube
Depending on context, synonyms include bogger, bogtrotter, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hick, bumpkin, yokel, chawbacon, yahoo, hayseed.
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