ROUGHNECK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does roughneck mean? 

• ROUGHNECK (noun)
  The noun ROUGHNECK has 1 sense:

1. a cruel and brutal fellow

  Familiarity information: ROUGHNECK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROUGHNECK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cruel and brutal fellow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bully; hooligan; roughneck; rowdy; ruffian; tough; yob; yobbo; yobo

Hypernyms ("roughneck" is a kind of...):

aggressor; assailant; assaulter; attacker (someone who attacks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roughneck"):

bullyboy (a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction)

muscle; muscleman (a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard)

skin; skinhead (a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent)

plug-ugly; tough guy (someone who bullies weaker people)