What is another word for rube?
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈuːb], [ ɹˈuːb], [ ɹ_ˈuː_b]
Synonyms for Rube:
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adj.
• conventional- bigoted ,
- bourgeois ,
- commonplace ,
- conforming ,
- demure ,
- dogmatic ,
- drippy ,
- hackneyed ,
- humdrum ,
- illiberal ,
- inflexible ,
- insular ,
- literal ,
- moderate ,
- moral ,
- narrow ,
- narrow-minded ,
- parochial ,
- pedestrian ,
- prosaic ,
- puritanical ,
- rigid ,
- routine ,
- run-of-the-mill ,
- sober ,
- solemn ,
- square ,
- stereotyped ,
- straight ,
- strict ,
- stuffy ,
- uptight .
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n.
• boor • bumpkin • chawbacon • clown • country bumpkin • greenhorn- amateur ,
- apprentice ,
- beginner ,
- colt ,
- learner ,
- neophyte ,
- newcomer ,
- novice ,
- recruit ,
- simpleton ,
- tenderfoot .
- cornfed ,
- farmers ,
- local yokel ,
- rural ,
- rurals .
Other synonyms:
Other relevant words:
- boor .
- Carl ,
- Carle ,
- Clodhopping ,
- Gowk ,
- Inurbane ,
- Jake ,
- Looby ,
- Ryot ,
- Sawney ,
- Slubberdegullion ,
- Unsophisticate ,
- austere ,
- babe ,
- backwoodsman ,
- bald ,
- bare ,
- beast ,
- bog-trotter ,
- boorish ,
- brute ,
- bucolic ,
- bully ,
- bushy ,
- butterfingers ,
- cad ,
- character ,
- child ,
- chuff ,
- churl ,
- churlish ,
- clod ,
- cloddish ,
- clodhopper ,
- clodpole ,
- clown ,
- clownish ,
- clumsy ,
- common ,
- conservative ,
- conventional ,
- countrified ,
- country bumpkin ,
- country folk ,
- country-bred ,
- cub ,
- curmudgeon ,
- customary ,
- decorous ,
- dolt ,
- dove ,
- dub ,
- duffer ,
- dupe ,
- everyday ,
- farmer ,
- fellah ,
- foozler ,
- formal ,
- foul-up ,
- gaffer ,
- galoot ,
- gamin ,
- gawk ,
- gawky ,
- goof ,
- goofball ,
- greenhorn ,
- groundling ,
- habitual ,
- hillbilly ,
- hind ,
- hobnail ,
- hobnailed ,
- infant ,
- innocent ,
- kern ,
- lamb ,
- longshoreman ,
- loon ,
- lout ,
- loutish ,
- lubber ,
- lummox ,
- lump ,
- lumpen ,
- lumpish ,
- lunkhead ,
- muff ,
- muffer ,
- mujik ,
- muzhik ,
- naif ,
- noble savage ,
- normal ,
- oaf ,
- ordinary ,
- orthodox ,
- peasant ,
- peon ,
- philistine ,
- plain ,
- plowboy ,
- plowman ,
- put ,
- redneck ,
- rough ,
- ruffian ,
- serf ,
- simple ,
- simple soul ,
- slob ,
- stumblebum ,
- swab ,
- swain ,
- tike ,
- traditional ,
- tyke ,
- typical ,
- unadorned ,
- uncouth ,
- uncultivated ,
- uncultured ,
- underling ,
- unembellished ,
- unpolished ,
- unrefined ,
- unvarnished ,
- up-country ,
- usual ,
- vandal ,
- villain ,
- villein ,
- woodsy ,
- worker ,
- yahoos ,
- yokel ,
- yokelish .
How to use "Rube" in context?
Rube Goldberg is a famous American engineer and inventor. He is best known for his ingenuity in designing and creating simple machines that perform complicated tasks. His machines include the simple machine that can lift an object, the Iverson machine that can spin around and do multiple tasks, and the most famous machine of all, the OJ Robot.
Rube Goldberg was born in Philadelphia in 1887. He graduated from Harvard University in 1912 with a degree in mechanical engineering. After graduation, he worked for a number of companies, but his biggest success came when he teamed up with Jerome I.
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