Hick — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

awkwardly simple and provincial

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˌɑːməzɪɡˈoʊsɪs/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɪk/

1 syllable Say it as /hˌɑːməzɪɡˈoʊsɪs/.

Examples

bumpkinly country boys
rustic farmers
a hick town

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

chawbacon rube yahoo bumpkinly rustic hayseed bumpkin unsophisticated yokel

Parts of Speech

noun	a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
adjective	awkwardly simple and provincial “bumpkinly country boys”

Word Forms

bumpkinly	adjective	awkwardly simple and provincial
bumpkin	noun	a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
rusticity	noun	the quality of being rustic or gauche

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

péquenaud

une personne qui n'est pas très intelligente ou qui s'intéresse à la culture

🇪🇸Spanish

paleto

una persona que no es muy inteligente o no está interesada en la cultura

🇳🇱Dutch

hik

iemand die niet erg intelligent is of geïnteresseerd is in cultuur

🇵🇹Portuguese

caipira

uma pessoa que não é muito inteligente ou interessada em cultura

🇷🇺Russian

Хик

человек, который не очень умен или интересуется культурой

India

🇮🇳Hindi

देहाती

एक व्यक्ति जो बहुत बुद्धिमान नहीं है या संस्कृति में रुचि नहीं रखता है

🇧🇩Bengali

হিক

একজন ব্যক্তি যিনি খুব বুদ্ধিমান বা সংস্কৃতিতে আগ্রহী নন

🇮🇳Tamil

ஹிக்

மிகவும் புத்திசாலி அல்லது கலாச்சாரத்தில் ஆர்வம் இல்லாத நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

హిక్

చాలా తెలివైన లేదా సంస్కృతిపై ఆసక్తి లేని వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

हिक

खूप हुशार किंवा संस्कृतीत रस नसलेली व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

હિક

એવી વ્યક્તિ કે જે ખૂબ હોશિયાર નથી અથવા સંસ્કૃતિમાં રસ નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿಕ್

ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತ ಅಥವಾ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಇಲ್ಲದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഹിക്ക്

വളരെ ബുദ്ധിമോ സംസ്കാരത്തിൽ താൽപ്പര്യമോ ഇല്ലാത്ത ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹਿੱਕ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਬਹੁਤ ਬੁੱਧੀਮਾਨ ਜਾਂ ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਿਲਚਸਪੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਰੱਖਦਾ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

乡巴佬

不太聪明或对文化不感兴趣的人

🇯🇵Japanese

ヒック

あまり知性が高くなく、文化に興味がない人

🇰🇷Korean

시골뜨기

별로 똑똑하지 않거나 문화에 관심이 없는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hic

một người không phải là rất thông minh hoặc quan tâm đến văn hóa

🇹🇭Thai

ตาสีตาสา

บุคคลที่ไม่ฉลาดหรือสนใจวัฒนธรรมมากนัก

🇮🇩Indonesian

orang udik

seseorang yang tidak terlalu cerdas atau tertarik pada budaya

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هيك

شخص ليس ذكيا جدا أو مهتما بالثقافة

🇮🇷Persian

هک

فردی که خیلی باهوش یا علاقه مند به فرهنگ نیست

🇹🇷Turkish

taşra

çok zeki olmayan veya kültürle ilgilenmeyen bir kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

כַּפרִי

אדם שאינו מאוד אינטליגנטי או מתעניין בתרבות

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