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Synonyms for vandal

Most common

hooligan hoodlum ruiner

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages things, especially other people's property.

    Vandals spray-painted obscenities on the side of the building.

Forms

Plural
vandals → punks, hooligans, hoodlums, ruffians…

Example sentences

  • hooligan Tom has been labelled a hooligan in uniform.
  • hoodlum I didn't want to add this hoodlum as a friend on Twitter.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
vandalsteady
hooliganrising
hoodlumsteady
ruinersteady

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

By length

3 letters
hun1
4 letters
punk1, lout1
6 letters
savage2, ruiner
7 letters
wrecker2, ruffian, hoodlum2
8 letters
hooligan3
9 letters
destroyer3, barbarian4
10 letters
iconoclast4, vandalizer

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (savage2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
vandale
Italiano
vandalo
Deutsch
Vandale
Català
vàndal