What is another word for thug?

Synonyms for thug
θʌgthug

This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word thug.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armernoun

    an aggressive and violent young criminal

    Synonyms:
    goon, sticker, stumper, lubber, oaf, strong-armer, ruffian, stumblebum, tinder, punk, kindling, cowling, poser, exhaust hood, tough, cowl, punk rocker, street fighter, bully, clod, yobo, toughie, yob, hooligan, roughneck, spunk, yobbo, hoodlum, lummox, punk rock, lout, lump, touchwood, rowdy, lens hood, gawk, bonnet, hood, cap

Matched Categories

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. thugnoun

    Synonyms:
    ruffian, rough, assassin

Suggested Resources

  1. THUG

    What does THUG stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the THUG acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

How to pronounce thug?

How to say thug in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#3032cap
#4924tough
#5312punk
#5740hood
#8323sticker
#8459wicked
#10657rogue
#13952lump
#19988thug
#20516bully
#20585bum
#21387rascal
#21946poser
#22161bandit
#24025gangster
#24732bonnet
#27098gangsta
#39046rowdy
#44077kingpin
#44610spunk
#45824gawk
#47117cowl
#47189goon
#55935kindling
#60294cowling
#66039hooligan
#66895mugger
#67630oaf
#74726yob
#77910hoodlum
#84309lout
#91785tinder
#96200ruffian
#101378lowlife
#105622clod
#124018roughneck
#164069yobbo
#176421stumper
#194859lubber
#218801touchwood
#236136toughie
#256940yobo
#261561lummox

How to use thug in a sentence?

  1. Madison Cawthorn:

    Remember that( Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky is a thug, remember that the Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt, and it is incredibly evil, and it has been pushing woke ideologies.

  2. Sheryll Cashin:

    He was talking about vandals, but he was still participating in a very specific anti-Black idea, part of why it's so challenging to pursue humane policies that can uplift people in high-poverty areas is because we supply a lens of presumed thug -- instead of presumed citizen.

  3. Chuck Schumer:

    Forty-two Republican senators chose today to stand with Vladimir Putin, i'm extremely disappointed that many of my Republican colleagues are too afraid of breaking with President Trump to stand up to a thug.

  4. Freddie Gray:

    Whether we call them a thug, a law breaker, a juvenile delinquent, it really doesn't matter. What matters is how do we take back our streets. And that's what men have been doing, going around, talking to these young men where they, are in their face, and letting them know, you can't control this community. It is not yours. You can't burn it down. You can't force people out. You can't threaten people.

  5. Michele Woodhouse:

    I do not understand how anyone in American public office could call Zelensky a' thug' while Ukraine is under such vicious assault, let's be clear. The thug is Vladimir Putin.


Translations for thug

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for thug »

Translation

Find a translation for the thug synonym in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Citation

Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"thug." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/thug>.

Discuss these thug synonyms with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good synonym for thug?

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Synonyms.com

    Quiz

    Are you a human thesaurus?

    »
    Which of the following words is not a synonym of the others?
    A certain
    B chancy
    C dicey
    D iffy

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for thug: