bumpkin C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈbʌmpkɪn/ UK /ˈbʌmpkɪn/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun an unsophisticated or awkward rustic person The city folk dismissed him as a country bumpkin. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an unsophisticated or... yokelrustichickpeasantclodhopperoafboorhayseed ↔ Opposites sophisticatecosmopolitan Etymology AI details Probably from Middle Dutch bommekijn ('little barrel'), a diminutive of boom ('tree, beam'), used contemptuously of a short, dumpy Dutchman and later of any rustic. bommekijn Middle Dutch View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # bumpkin **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbʌmpkɪn/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbʌmpkɪn/ ## Meanings 1. an unsophisticated or awkward rustic person ## Examples - The city folk dismissed him as a country bumpkin. ## Synonyms - yokel - rustic - hick - peasant - clodhopper - oaf - boor - hayseed ## Antonyms - sophisticate - cosmopolitan ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bommekijn ## Etymology Probably from Middle Dutch bommekijn ('little barrel'), a diminutive of boom ('tree, beam'), used contemptuously of a short, dumpy Dutchman and later of any rustic. ## AI Etymology Bumpkin is probably from Middle Dutch bommekijn ('little barrel'), a diminutive of boom ('tree, beam'), used contemptuously of a short, dumpy Dutchman and later of any rustic. The historical trail runs through bommekijn in Middle Dutch. Used as a noun, bumpkin now means "an unsophisticated or awkward rustic person", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - People & Society markdown