hillbilly
n.
one who comes from a remote rural area (especially the mountainous region of the southern United States)
Hillbilly
Hillbilly is a term, often considered pejorative but sometimes endearing, referring to people who dwell in remote,
rural, mountainous areas. Usage of the term "hillbilly" generally differs from other terms referring to rural people in the United States in that it can be used for mountain dwelling people anywhere but is generally not used to refer to rural people in non-mountainous areas. While terms like
redneck,
hick, and
cracker often connote rejection of, or resistance to, assimilation into the dominant culture, theoretically hillbillies are merely isolated from the dominant culture. Because of its strongly stereotypical connotations, the term is frequently considered
derogatory depending on the context in which it is used or the attitude of the user.
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hillbilly
Noun
1. a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
(synonym) bushwhacker
(hypernym) rustic
hillbilly
Synonyms and related words:
backwoodsman, boor, briar-hopper, brush ape, bucolic, bumpkin, bushman, clam digger, clod, clodhopper, clown, country bumpkin, cracker, desert rat, farmer, forester, frontiersman, hayseed, hick, hinterlander, looby, lout, mountain man, mountaineer, piny, redneck, ridge runner, rube, rustic, woodlander, woodman, woodsman, yokel,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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