unsophisticated

  • 91rustic — rus•tic [[t]ˈrʌs tɪk[/t]] adj. 1) of or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural 2) simple, artless, or unsophisticated 3) uncouth, rude, or boorish 4) bui (of stonework) having the surfaces rough or irregular and the… …

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  • 92hick — /hɪk / (say hik) Colloquial –noun 1. an unsophisticated person: *Bob and I are born country hicks at heart. –ellen bosworth, 1972. 2. a farmer. –adjective 3. relating to or characteristic of hicks; provincial; unsophisticated. {originally C16th… …

  • 93provincial — /prəˈvɪnʃəl / (say pruh vinshuhl) adjective 1. belonging or peculiar to some particular province or provinces; local: provincial customs. 2. of or relating to the provinces: the provincial press. 3. having or showing the manners characteristic of …

  • 94rube — I. /rub/ (say roohb) US Colloquial –noun 1. an unsophisticated countryman. –adjective 2. unsophisticated, as from living in the country. {US English (1890s); shortened form of Reuben, male given name} II. /rub/ (say roohb) noun, adjective NZ… …

  • 95rustic — /ˈrʌstɪk / (say rustik) adjective 1. of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural. 2. simple, artless, or unsophisticated. 3. uncouth, rude, or boorish. 4. made of roughly dressed limbs or roots of trees …

  • 96noble — [adj1] aristocratic gentle, highborn, imperial, kingly, patrician, queenly, titled, wellborn; concepts 549,555 Ant. ignoble, lowly, servile, unaristocratic, unsophisticated noble [adj2] dignified, excellent august, beneficent, benevolent, benign …

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  • 97rustic — [adj1] country, rural agrarian, agricultural, Arcadian, artless, austere, bucolic, countrified, homely, homespun, homey, honest, natural, outland, pastoral, picturesque, plain, primitive, provincial, simple, sylvan, unaffected, unpolished,… …

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  • 98sophisticated — [adj1] cosmopolitan, cultured adult, artificial, been around, blasé, bored, citified, cool*, couth, cultivated, cynical, disenchanted, disillusioned, experienced, in, in the know*, into*, jaded, jet set*, knowing, laidback*, mature, mondaine, on… …

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  • 99naive — or naïve [nä ēv′] adj. [Fr, fem. of naïf < L nativus, natural, NATIVE] 1. unaffectedly, or sometimes foolishly, simple; childlike; artless 2. not suspicious; credulous naively adv. naïvely SYN. NAIVE implies a genuine, innocent simplicity or… …

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  • 100provincial — [prə vin′shəl, prōvin′shəl] adj. [ME prouyncial < MFr < L provincialis] 1. of or belonging to a province 2. having the ways, speech, attitudes, etc. of a certain province 3. of or like that of rural provinces; countrified; rustic 4.… …

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