cracker-barrel
adjective
crack·er-bar·rel ˈkra-kər-ˌber-əl 
-ˌba-rəl
: suggestive of the friendly homespun character of a country store
a cracker-barrel philosopher
Synonyms
- down-home
- folksy
- homespun
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Word History
Etymology
from the cracker barrel in country stores around which customers lounged for informal conversation
First Known Use
1916, in the meaning defined above
cracker-barrel
adjective
as in homespun
having or showing an unpretentious informality his cracker-barrel campaign speeches strike a chord with voters Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- homespun
- folksy
- down-home
- colloquial
- unassuming
- informal
- casual
- conversational
- familiar
- fireside
- modest
- unpretentious
- intimate
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- pompous
- grandiose
- pretentious
- ostentatious
- affected
- hifalutin
- highfalutin