Synonyms for roughneck
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Definitions
- n. 1
A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled.
Related words
- Other spellings
- ruffneck US
Forms
- Plural
- roughnecks → ruffians, rowdies, hooligans, toughs…
Example sentences
- rowdy Tom always gets rowdy when he drinks tequila.
- hooligan Tom has been labelled a hooligan in uniform.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| roughneck | steady | |
| rowdy | rising | |
| hooligan | rising | |
| ruffian | rising | |
| roustabout | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- yob
- 4 letters
- yobo
- 5 letters
- tough1, bully2, rowdy2
- 7 letters
- ruffian, hoodlum2
- 8 letters
- hooligan3
- 10 letters
- roustabout, ironworker, rouseabout
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bully2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- soudard