Synonyms for hoodlum
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Thug — A rough or violent youth
thug, punk, ruffian, hood, goon, bad-boy, miscreant, rowdy, hooligan, bully, rascal, tough, buffoon, brawler, prankster, rogue, firebrand, joker, scamp, jokester, devil, minx
2. Criminal — A gangster; a hired thug
criminal, crook, desperado, delinquent, perpetrator, offender, culprit, malefactor, felon
Definitions
- n. 1
A gangster; a hired thug.
- n. 2
A rough or violent youth.
Forms
- Plural
- hoodlums → thugs, punks, ruffians, hoods…
Example sentences
- hood Do you prefer buying clothes with or without a hood?
- thug The police officer abused his power over the thug.
- criminal Fadil was engaged in a lot of criminal activities.
- crook One crook plus one crook is equal to zero crooks.
By length
- 4 letters
- punk1, hood1, thug1, goon1, minx
- 5 letters
- tough1, devil2, bully2, rogue1, joker2, crook1, rowdy2, felon2, scamp
- 6 letters
- rascal2
- 7 letters
- culprit2, buffoon2, ruffian, brawler
- 8 letters
- criminal3, offender3, hooligan3, jokester2
- 9 letters
- prankster2, firebrand3, desperado4, miscreant3
- 10 letters
- delinquent3, malefactor4
- 11 letters
- perpetrator4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (devil2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- voyou
- Italiano
- scugnizzo
- Español
- granuja
- Deutsch
- Taugenichts