clodhopper
noun
clod·hop·per ˈkläd-ˌhä-pər 
1
: a clumsy and uncouth rustic
2
: a large heavy work shoe or boot
Synonyms
- bumpkin
- chawbacon
- churl
- cornball
- countryman
- hayseed
- hick
- provincial
- rube
- rustic
- yokel
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Example Sentences
a stereotypical depiction of clodhoppers visiting the city for the first time I do not want that clodhopper handling my rare antiques!
Recent Examples on the Web Still, the Rubicon 392 is a royal handful, a bellowing musclebound clodhopper on 33-inch tires. 
Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 28 May 2021 Playing the good guy, Charles Bronson projects little charisma, and his unfeeling performance works hand in glove with Winner's clodhopper direction. Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 2 Mar. 2018 Wagon rides, pick-your-own pumpkin patch, archery, clodhopper golf, corn maze, pony rides, giant slingshots, horse shoe hill with 80’ underground slide, farm yard play area and petting animals. Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 26 Oct. 2017 Turns out that this season, despite all of the clodhoppers, the naked shoe made a triumphant return at Jacquemus, Alexander Wang, Dries Van Noten, Saint Laurent, Nina Ricci, and more. Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2017
Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 28 May 2021 Playing the good guy, Charles Bronson projects little charisma, and his unfeeling performance works hand in glove with Winner's clodhopper direction. Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 2 Mar. 2018 Wagon rides, pick-your-own pumpkin patch, archery, clodhopper golf, corn maze, pony rides, giant slingshots, horse shoe hill with 80’ underground slide, farm yard play area and petting animals. Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 26 Oct. 2017 Turns out that this season, despite all of the clodhoppers, the naked shoe made a triumphant return at Jacquemus, Alexander Wang, Dries Van Noten, Saint Laurent, Nina Ricci, and more. Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2017 Word History
First Known Use
1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1
clodhopper
noun
1
as in hick
an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country a stereotypical depiction of clodhoppers visiting the city for the first time Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- hick
- peasant
- hayseed
- yokel
- bumpkin
- rube
- clown
- mountaineer
- rustic
- cornball
- provincial
- countryman
- boor
- oaf
- tenderfoot
- churl
- backwoodsman
- greenhorn
- clod
- peon
- lout
- chawbacon
- gawk
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- cosmopolitan
- sophisticate
- cosmopolite
- slicker
- smoothie
- suburbanite
- urbanite
- metropolitan
- smoothy
2
as in hulk
a big clumsy often slow-witted person I do not want that clodhopper handling my rare antiques! Synonyms & Similar Words
- hulk
- lump
- idiot
- oaf
- loser
- moron
- clown
- skunk
- clod
- lubber
- brute
- palooka
- mutt
- goose
- lout
- villain
- heel
- turkey
- stupid
- lunatic
- snake
- lug
- gawk
- turkey
- beast
- blunderer
- prat
- creep
- fool
- donkey
- galoot
- blockhead
- dolt
- dummy
- imbecile
- numskull
- looney
- chump
- dunce
- natural
- boor
- ignoramus
- stupe
- dunderhead
- pinhead
- dullard
- schlemiel
- dimwit
- nut
- Neanderthal
- lunkhead
- stock
- knucklehead
- airhead
- nincompoop
- schnook
- slouch
- hardhead
- simpleton
- cretin
- ninny
- rogue
- jackass
- dummkopf
- cad
- meathead
- anthropoid
- goon
- doofus
- bonehead
- fathead
- noddy
- churl
- rascal
- louse
- simp
- golem
- yahoo
- madman
- chowderhead
- hammerhead
- birdbrain
- clunk
- loon
- deadhead
- numbskull
- ratbag
- cluck
- loony
- nimrod
- ape
- nitwit
- dork
- dumbbell
- dumbhead
- chucklehead
- stinker
- booby
- cur
- dope
- clodpole
- gander
- half-wit
- tyke
- schlub
- know-nothing
- dip
- mome
- shlemiel
- saphead
- clodpoll
- lamebrain
- goof
- cuddy
- ninnyhammer
- bubblehead
- shlub
- dodo
- scatterbrain
- noodle
- loggerhead
- scamp
- nit
- dum-dum
- tike
- dim bulb
- woodenhead
- thickhead
- mug
- cuddie
- clot
- yo-yo
- featherbrain
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sage
- thinker
- intellectual
- genius
- brain
- wizard
- whiz
- brainiac
- free corps
- free counterpoint
- free crushing
- free currency
- Free Democrat
- free dive
- free dived
- free diver
- free divers
- free dives
- free diving
- free dove
- free economy
- free electron
- free endpaper
- free energy
- free enterprise
- free enterpriser
- free fall
- free fantasia
- free field
- free fishery
- free flight
- free for the taking
- free frank