Synonyms for goon
Definitions
- n. 1
A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence.
- n. 2
A hired and paid person who is assigned to terrorize and kill opponents.
Forms
- Plural
- goons → louts, oafs, clods, lumps…
Example sentences
- lump I bumped my head against the door and got a lump.
- clod I thought she was a clod at first, but we're happy on our farm now.
- oaf That oaf has no manners, always interrupting.
- lout Trump is a lout, because he talks and acts like a lout.
- thug The police officer abused his power over the thug.
- hoodlum I didn't want to add this hoodlum as a friend on Twitter.
By length
- 3 letters
- oaf
- 4 letters
- punk1, hood1, lump1, thug1, gawk1, clod, lout1
- 5 letters
- tough1
- 6 letters
- lubber2, lummox
- 7 letters
- ruffian, hoodlum2, toughie2
- 8 letters
- hooligan3, lunkhead
- 10 letters
- stumblebum
- 11 letters
- musclebrain
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lubber2 = 2 syllables).