bumpkin

Questions about bumpkin

What does bumpkin mean?

bumpkin means "a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture".

How many syllables are in bumpkin?

bumpkin has 2 syllables: bump-kin. The stress falls on "bump". In IPA it is /ˈbʌmpkɪn/.

What is another word for bumpkin?

Close synonyms include yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bumpkin a common word?

bumpkin is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.