| 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: | hood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering worn over the head |
Synonyms: |
babushka, bonnet, capuche, capuchin, coif, cowl, hat, kerchief, mantilla, mantle, protector, purdah, shawl, veil, wimple, yashmak |
| Main Entry: | hood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a covering for vehicles and the like |
Synonyms: |
auto top, awning, bonnet, calash, canopy, carriage top, cover, shade |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrapping, cover-up |
Synonyms: |
awning, bark, binding, camouflage, canopy, canvas, cap, caparison, case, ceiling, cloak, clothing, coating, covering, coverlet, disguise, dome, dress, drop, envelope, facade, false front, fig leaf, front, guise, hood, integument, jacket, lid, marquee, mask, masquerade, overlay, paint, parasol, polish, pretense, put-on, roof, screen, seal, semblance, sheath, sheet, shroud, smoke screen, spread, stopper, tarp, tarpaulin, tegument, tent, top, umbrella, varnish, veil, veneer, window-dressing, wrapper, wraps |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrap, hide |
Synonyms: |
blanket, board up, bury, bush up, cache, camouflage, canopy, cap, carpet, cloak, clothe, coat, conceal, cover up, crown, curtain, daub, disguise, do on the sly, dress, eclipse, encase, enclose, enfold, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, hood, house, invest, layer, mantle, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, overspread, protect, put on, screen, secrete, set on, shade, shield, shroud, stash, superimpose, superpose, surface, veil |
Antonyms: |
lay bare, lay out, reveal, uncover, unwrap |
| Main Entry: | criminal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who breaks the law |
Synonyms: |
bad actor, black marketeer, blackmailer, con, convict, crook, culprit, delinquent, desperado, deuce, evildoer, ex-con, felon, fugitive, gangster, guerilla, heavy*, hood, hoodlum, hooligan*, hustler, inside person, jailbird, lawbreaker, malefactor, mobster, mug, muscle*, offender, outlaw, racketeer, repeater, scofflaw, sinner, slippery eel, thug*, transgressor, trespasser, wrongdoer, yardbird |
Antonyms: |
law, police |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
Synonyms: |
ambiance, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
| 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: | goon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ruffian |
Synonyms: |
bozo, bruiser, dope, gorilla, hood, hooligan*, jerk, lummox, moron, nincompoop, ninny, sap, strong-arm, thug, tough guy |
| Main Entry: | hooligan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hoodlum |
Synonyms: |
criminal, delinquent, gangster, goon, hood, mobster, punk, rioter, rowdy, ruffian, thug, troublemaker |