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rube

/ruːb/

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noun

/ruːb/C1formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее человека, который считается неискушённым, необразованным или лишённым культурной осведомлённости.

A noun referring to a person who is considered unsophisticated, uneducated, or lacking in cultural awareness.

  1. Unsophisticated personB2informalamerican

    A person from the countryside who is considered naive, gullible, or lacking in urban sophistication.

    ruПростак

    • The city slicker tried to cheat the rube out of his money.
    • He felt like a rube when he couldn't figure out the subway map.
    • The con artist targeted rubes who were new to the city.

    Synonymsbumpkinclodhoppernaifprovincialrusticsimpletonyokel

    Antonymscity slickercosmopolitansophisticate

Forms
  • rubies plural form
  • rubies' possessive plural form
  • rube's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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