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Synonyms for chav

  • noun

Most common

gopnik yob scunner charva scanger

All synonyms

Noun

yob, gopnik, pikey UK, scunner, charva, scanger, ned vulgar slang UK, stig slang, trev slang, eshay slang AU NZ

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle.

Related words

Is a kind of
pauper teenager troublemaker villain

Forms

Plural
chavs → yobs, gopniki, pikeys, scunners…

Example sentences

  • yob "Mum, mum! Tom tripped me!" "That yob! I'll give him what for!"

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
chavsteady
yobrising
scunnersteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
ned1, yob
4 letters
stig1, trev
5 letters
pikey, eshay
6 letters
gopnik, charva
7 letters
scunner, scanger

In other languages

Français
loubard
Deutsch
Rowdy