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- [roob]
- /rub/
- /ruːb/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [roob]
- /rub/
Definitions of rube word
- noun rube Arthur Joseph, 1908–90, U.S. jurist, statesman, and diplomat: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–65; ambassador to the U.N. 1965–68. 1
- noun rube Reuben Lucius ("Rube") 1883–1970, U.S. cartoonist, whose work often depicts deviously complex and impractical inventions. 1
- noun rube rustic person 1
- countable noun rube If you refer to a man or boy as a rube, you consider him stupid and uneducated because he comes from the countryside. 0
- noun rube an unsophisticated countryman 0
- noun rube a person from a rural region who lacks polish and sophistication; rustic 0
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Origin of rube
First appearance:
before 1895 One of the 18% newest English words
1895-1900; generic use of Rube; compare earlier use of Reuben in same sense
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Parts of speech for Rube
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rube popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rube usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rube
noun rube
- boor — If you refer to someone as a boor, you think their behaviour and attitudes are rough, uneducated, and rude.
- bucolics — a pastoral poem.
- bumpkin — If you refer to someone as a bumpkin, you think they are uneducated and stupid because they come from the countryside.
- clodpoll — a stupid or foolish person; blockhead
- clown — A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh.
adj rube
- conventional — Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal.
- doctrinal — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
adjective rube
- isolationist — a person who favors or works for isolationism.
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