roughneck

Meaning of roughneck

noun
  1. a rough and uncouth person.
    the usual roughnecks and gangsters
  2. an oil rig worker.
verb
  1. work on an oil rig.
    he gave up college to roughneck on wells in west Texas

Information about roughneck

  • The plural form of roughneck is: roughnecks.
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Hyphenation of roughneck

rough-neck

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • roughneck is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

roughneck synonyms

Meaning bully:

bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo

Meaning a violent person, especially a criminal:

thug

Meaning a dishonest or unscrupulous person; a rogue:

scoundrel

Meaning (in a film, novel, or play) a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot:

villain

Meaning a dishonest or unprincipled man:

rogue

Meaning a mischievous or cheeky person, especially a child or man (typically used in an affectionate way):

rascal

Meaning an uncouth and aggressive man or boy:

lout

Meaning a person who engages in crime and violence; a hooligan or gangster:

hoodlum

Meaning a person who deliberately destroys or damages property belonging to others:

vandal

Meaning a delinquent person:

delinquent

Meaning a savagely violent person or animal:

brute

Meaning a boisterous, often badly behaved young man:

larrikin

Meaning a person who is tough and aggressive and enjoys a fight or argument:

bruiser

Meaning a thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind:

heavy

Meaning a powerfully built great ape with a large head and short neck, found in the forests of central Africa. It is the largest living primate:

gorilla

Meaning a rude, noisy, or violent person:

yahoo

Meaning a disreputable and violent person:

rough

Meaning a hooded sweatshirt, jacket, or other top:

hoodie

Meaning a disreputable inhabitant of a town or city, especially one from Glasgow:

keelie

Meaning a hooligan or petty criminal:

ned

Meaning a covering for the head and neck with an opening for the face, typically forming part of a coat or cloak:

hood

Meaning a silly, foolish, or eccentric person:

goon

Meaning a hooligan:

roughie

Meaning a lout or hooligan, especially a young man who drives recklessly:

hoon

Meaning a person who has done something wrong or unlawful:

miscreant

Meaning a follower or subordinate of a powerful person, typically one who is unscrupulous or carries out orders unquestioningly:

myrmidon

Words that rhyme with roughneck

neck, Teaneck, redneck, Duveneck, bottleneck, fiddleneck, gooseneck, littleneck, snakeneck, turtleneck, writheneck, stiffneck, longneck, ringneck, stretchneck, blackneck, breakneck, crookneck, thickneck, bullneck, cowlneck, rollneck, swanneck, Doneck, Mamaroneck, dorneck, halterneck, leatherneck, limberneck, rubberneck, sneck, unsneck, crewneck, wryneck

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