yokel-like

1. 1.

   stupid and ignorant like proverbial rural inhabitants

   “the boy's empty yokel-like expression”

   Similarstupid

Questions about yokel-like

What does yokel-like mean?

yokel-like means "stupid and ignorant like proverbial rural inhabitants".

How many syllables are in yokel-like?

yokel-like has 3 syllables and divides as yo-kel--like under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is yokel-like a common word?

yokel-like is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.