| Main Entry: | ruffian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hoodlum |
Synonyms: |
brute, bully, criminal, delinquent, gangster, goon, hood, hooligan, mobster, punk, rioter, rowdy, thug, tough guy, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | barbarian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crude, savage person |
Synonyms: |
beast, bigot, boor, brute, cannibal, clod, hooligan, hun, ignoramus, lout, monster, philistine, rascal, ruffian, troglodyte, vandal |
Antonyms: |
sophisticate |
| Main Entry: | brute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barbarian |
Synonyms: |
animal, beast, cannibal, creature, critter, degenerate, devil, fiend, lout, monster, ogre, ruffian, sadist, savage, swine, wild animal |
Antonyms: |
gentleman, humanitarian |
| Main Entry: | bully |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domineering person |
Synonyms: |
annoyer, antagonizer, browbeater, bulldozer, coercer, harrier, hector, insolent, intimidator, oppressor, persecutor, pest, rascal, rowdy, ruffian, tease, tormenter, tough |
| Main Entry: | cannibal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beast, beastlike human |
Synonyms: |
aborigine, anthropophaginian, anthropophagite, anthropophagus, brute, bush dweller, cruel person, head-hunter, ogre, ogress, primitive, ruffian, savage |
| Main Entry: | desperado |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal |
Synonyms: |
bandit, convict, cutthroat, gangster, hoodlum, lawbreaker, mugger, outlaw, ruffian, thug |
| Main Entry: | gangster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person involved in illegal activities |
Synonyms: |
Mafioso, bandit, bruiser, criminal, crook, dealer, desperado, goon, hit person, hood, hoodlum, hooligan*, member of the family, mobster, pusher, racketeer, robber, ruffian, soldier*, thug, tough |
| Main Entry: | hood/hoodlum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gangster |
Synonyms: |
criminal, delinquent, gangster, goon, hooligan, mobster, punk, rioter, rowdy, ruffian, thug, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | hooligan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hoodlum |
Synonyms: |
criminal, delinquent, gangster, goon, hood, mobster, punk, rioter, rowdy, ruffian, thug, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | juvenile delinquent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | young criminal |
Synonyms: |
JD, criminal, delinquent, first offender, gangbanger, gangster, goon, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, hooligan, punk, punk, punk kid, rowdy, ruffian, thug, troublemaker, youthful offender |