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- Dictionaryyokel/ˈjəʊkl/
noun
- 1. an uneducated and unsophisticated person from the countryside.
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YOKEL definition: 1. a stupid or awkward person who lives in the countryside rather than a town, especially one whose…. Learn more.
The meaning of YOKEL is a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town. How to use yokel in a sentence. Did you know?
YOKEL meaning: 1. a stupid or awkward person who lives in the countryside rather than a town, especially one whose…. Learn more.
Yokel is one of several derogatory terms referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. The term is of uncertain etymology and is only attested from the early 19th century on. Yokels are depicted as straightforward, simple, naïve, and easily deceived, failing to see through false pretenses.
Yokel definition: an unsophisticated person from a rural area; a country bumpkin.. See examples of YOKEL used in a sentence.
If you refer to someone as a yokel, you think they are uneducated and stupid because they come from the countryside.
Yokel is a disparaging name for someone from a small town or the countryside. To call someone a yokel is to imply that they are unsophisticated, uneducated, and probably dim-witted.
Definition of yokel noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
yokel. noun peasant, hick (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), rustic, countryman, hillbilly, boor, country cousin, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. informal), bushie or bushy (Austral. & N.Z. informal), clodhopper (informal), (country) bumpkin a local yokel.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word yokel. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. yokel is considered derogatory.
