Rube (Noun)
Meaning
A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The city dweller saw the rural visitor as a rube, unsophisticated and clueless about urban life.
- The art collector thought his business partner was a rube, completely lacking in refinement and taste.
- His classmates considered him a rube because of his lack of interest in books and his poor grades.
- The salesman knew he could easily swindle the rube who walked into his store looking for an investment opportunity.
- The critic thought the politician was a rube, pandering to the lowest common denominator and using simplistic rhetoric.