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Synonyms for rum-runner

  • noun

Most common

speed boat cigarette boat shiner bootlegger

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Cigarette boat — any fast boat of the sort

speed boat, cigarette boat, go-fast boat

2. Bootlegger — an alcohol smuggler, especially from the Prohibition era

bootlegger, shiner, moonshiner

Antonyms

revenuer

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An alcohol smuggler, especially from the Prohibition era.

    Near-synonyms: bootlegger; moonshiner, shiner

  2. n. 2

    Any fast boat of the sort.

Related words

Is a kind of
smuggler outlaw criminal go-fast boat powerboat
Other spellings
rum runner

Forms

Plural
rum-runners → bootleggers, shiners, moonshiners…

By length

6 letters
shiner2
10 letters
bootlegger3, moonshiner

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shiner2 = 2 syllables).