Clodhopper — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Clodhopper (noun) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. 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"

   similar: bumpkin, chawbacon, churl, cornball, countryman, hayseed, hick, provincial, rube, rustic, yokel
   related: boor, clod, clown, gawk, lout, oaf, greenhorn, tenderfoot, peasant, peon, backwoodsman, mountaineer
   opposite: cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, sophisticate
   near: slicker, smoothy, metropolitan, suburbanite, urbanite

2. a big clumsy often slow-witted person

   "I do not want that clodhopper handling my rare antiques!"

   similar: clod, gawk, hulk, lout, lubber, lug, lump, Neanderthal, oaf, palooka
   related: chump, loser, schlemiel, turkey, slouch, airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, blunderer, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll, clot (British), cluck, clunk, cuddy (British dialect), deadhead, dim bulb (slang), dimwit, dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus (slang), dope, dork (slang), dullard, dumbbell, dumbhead, dum-dum, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, galoot (slang), gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead (chiefly dialect), loon, lunkhead, meathead, mome (archaic), moron, mug (chiefly British), mutt, nimrod (slang), nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit (chiefly British), nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull, pinhead, prat (British), ratbag (chiefly Australian), saphead, schlub (slang), schnook (slang), simp, simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yo, anthropoid, ape, beast, boor, brute, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, louse, skunk, snake, stinker, tyke (chiefly British), villain, booby, fool, goose, loony, madman, nut, featherbrain, scatterbrain, rascal, rogue, scamp
   near: brain, brainiac, genius, intellectual, sage, thinker, whiz, wizard