Synonyms of the word punk


PUNKADOLESCENT - BUM - CHEAP - CHEESY - CHINTZY - CRIMINAL - CROOK - CRUMMY - FELON - GOON - HOOD - HOODLUM - IGNITER - IGNITOR - INFERIOR - KINDLING - LIGHTER - MALEFACTOR - OUTLAW - ROCK - ROCK-AND-ROLL - SLEAZY - SPUNK - STRIPLING - TEEN - TEENAGER - THUG - TINDER - TINNY - TOUCHWOOD - TOUGH - TOUGHIE

punk

  • n. (obsolete, countable) A prostitute; courtesan.
  • n. (countable, uncommon) The bottom in a male-male sexual relationship, especially in prison.
  • n. (countable) A juvenile delinquent; a young, petty criminal or trouble-maker; a hoodlum; a hooligan.
  • n. (countable) Any worthless person.
  • n. (uncountable) A social and musical movement rooted in rebelling against the established order.
  • n. (uncountable) The music of the punk movement, known for short songs with electric guitars, strong drums,…
  • n. (countable, sometimes as informal plural punx) A person who belongs to that movement and/or listens to…
  • adj. Of, from, or resembling the punk subculture.
  • adj. (Canada, US, informal) Weak or unwell; not in good health.
  • adj. (Canada, US, informal) Inferior; bad.
  • v. To pimp.
  • v. To forcibly perform anal sex upon an unwilling partner.
  • v. To prank.
  • v. (especially with "out") To give up or concede; to act like a wimp.
  • n. (uncountable) Any material used as tinder for lighting fires, such as agaric, dried wood, or touchwood,…
  • n. (countable) A utensil for lighting wicks or fuses (such as those of fireworks) resembling stick incense.

adolescent

  • adj. Characteristic of, or relating to, or undergoing adolescence; immature.
  • n. A teenager; a juvenile after puberty.

bum

  • n. The buttocks.
  • n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal, rare, Canada, US) The anus.
  • n. (by metonymy, informal) A person.
  • v. (Britain, transitive, colloquial) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
  • interj. (Britain) An expression of annoyance.
  • n. (Canada, US, colloquial) A homeless person, usually a man.
  • n. (Canada, US, colloquial, derogatory) a hobo.
  • n. (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
  • n. (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.
  • n. (colloquial) A drinking spree.
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial, pejorative) To behave like a hobo or vagabond; to loiter.
  • v. (transitive, slang, Britain) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
  • adj. Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
  • adj. Unfair.
  • adj. Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
  • adj. Unpleasant.
  • v. To depress; to make unhappy.
  • n. (dated) A humming noise.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.
  • n. (obsolete) A bumbailiff.

cheap

  • n. (obsolete) Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.
  • n. (obsolete) A market; marketplace.
  • n. Price.
  • n. (obsolete) A low price; a bargain.
  • n. Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply.
  • adj. Low and/or reduced in price.
  • adj. Of poor quality.
  • adj. Of little worth.
  • adj. (slang, of an action or tactic in a game of skill) Underhand or unfair.
  • adj. (chiefly Canada, US, derogatory) Ungenerous; stingy, mean (UK), tightfisted, excessively frugal.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To buy; purchase.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To sell.
  • adv. Cheaply.

cheesy

  • adj. Of or relating to cheese.
  • adj. Resembling, or containing cheese.
  • adj. (informal) Cheap, of poor quality.
  • adj. (informal) Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.
  • adj. (of a smile or grin) Exaggerated and likely to be forced or insincere.

chintzy

  • adj. Of or decorated with chintz.
  • adj. (figuratively) Tastelessly showy; cheap, gaudy, or tacky.
  • adj. (figuratively) Excessively reluctant to spend; miserly, stingy.

criminal

  • adj. Being against the law; forbidden by law.
  • adj. Guilty of breaking the law.
  • adj. Of or relating to crime or penal law.
  • adj. (figuratively) Abhorrent or very undesirable, even if allowed by law.
  • n. A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.

crook

  • n. A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
  • n. A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
  • n. A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
  • n. (obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.
  • n. (obsolete) A gibbet.
  • n. (obsolete) A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting…
  • n. A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
  • n. A bishop's staff of office.
  • n. An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
  • n. A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
  • n. A pothook.
  • n. (music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
  • v. (transitive) To bend.
  • v. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
  • adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
  • adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Ill, sick.
  • adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Annoyed, angry; upset.

crummy

  • adj. (informal) Bad; poor.
  • adj. (dated) Full of crumb or crumbs; crumby.
  • adj. (dated) Soft, like the crumb of bread; not crusty.
  • n. (informal, British Columbia and U.S. Pacific Northwest) Small van, bus, or railway car used to transport…

felon

  • n. A person who has committed a felony.
  • n. (law) A person who has been tried and convicted of a felony.
  • n. (medicine) A bacterial infection at the end of a finger or toe.

goon

  • n. A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
  • n. A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
  • n. (ice hockey, pejorative) An enforcer or fighter.
  • n. (Britain, WWII, PoW slang) A German guard in a prisoner of war camp.
  • n. (Internet slang) A member of the comedy web site Something Awful.
  • n. (Australia, countable, informal) A wine flagon or cask.
  • n. (Australia, uncountable, informal) Cheap or inferior cask wine.

hood

  • n. A covering such as worn over one’s head.
  • n. A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree.
  • n. An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
  • n. (automotive) A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
  • n. (US, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle: known as a bonnet in other countries.
  • n. A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes.
  • v. To cover something with a hood.
  • n. (slang) gangster, thug.
  • adj. Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment…
  • n. (slang) neighborhood.
  • n. (Britain) person wearing a hoodie.

hoodlum

  • n. a gangster; a hired thug.
  • n. a rough or violent youth.

igniter

  • n. Any device that is used to ignite something, especially a fuel mixture, or a charge of explosive.

ignitor

  • n. Alternative spelling of igniter.

inferior

  • adj. of lower quality.
  • adj. of lower rank.
  • adj. located below.
  • adj. (botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below…
  • adj. (botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
  • adj. (astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
  • adj. (astronomy) Below the horizon.
  • n. a person of lower stature to another.

kindling

  • n. Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.
  • n. The act by which something is kindled.
  • v. present participle of kindle.

lighter

  • adj. comparative form of light: more light.
  • n. One who, or that which, lights.
  • n. A small, reusable handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes.
  • n. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading…
  • v. To transfer cargo or fuel from a ship, lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.
  • adj. comparative form of light: more light.

malefactor

  • n. A criminal or felon.
  • n. An evildoer.

outlaw

  • n. A fugitive from the law.
  • n. (historical) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without…
  • n. A person who operates outside established norms.
  • n. A wild horse.
  • n. (humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.
  • n. (slang) A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp.
  • v. To declare illegal.
  • v. To place a ban upon.
  • v. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
  • v. To deprive of legal force.

rock

  • n. Some formations of minerals.
  • n. A large hill or island having no vegetation.
  • n. (figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support…
  • n. A lump or cube of ice.
  • n. (Britain, uncountable) A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally…
  • n. (US, slang) A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
  • n. Some people.
  • n. Some fish.
  • n. (basketball, slang) A basketball.
  • n. (rock paper scissors) A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to…
  • v. (transitive and intransitive) To move gently back and forth.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently.
  • v. (intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
  • v. (transitive and intransitive, of ore etc.) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
  • v. (transitive) To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
  • v. (intransitive) To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
  • v. (euphemistic) to make love to or have sex with someone.
  • n. An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.
  • n. A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar,…
  • v. (intransitive) To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.
  • v. (transitive) to thrill or excite, especially with rock music.
  • v. (transitive) to do something with excitement yet skillfully.
  • v. (transitive) To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular…
  • n. (countable) distaff.
  • n. (uncountable) The flax or wool on a distaff.
  • n. Archaic form of roc (mythical bird).

rock-and-roll

  • n. Alternative spelling of rock and roll.

sleazy

  • adj. Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
  • adj. Dishonorable; base; vulgar; raunchy; sordid.

spunk

  • n. (countable, obsolete) A spark.
  • n. (uncountable) Touchwood; tinder.
  • n. (countable, chiefly Scotland, obsolete) A piece of tinder, sometimes impregnated with sulphur; a match.
  • n. (uncountable) Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.
  • n. (countable, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) An attractive person (normally male).
  • n. (uncountable, chiefly Britain, vulgar, slang) Semen.
  • v. (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.

stripling

  • n. (archaic) A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad.

teen

  • n. (clipped form of teenager) A person between 13 and 19 years old.
  • adj. Of or having to do with teenagers.
  • n. (archaic) Grief; sorrow; trouble; ill-fortune; harm; suffering.
  • n. (archaic or obsolete) Vexation; anger; hate.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
  • v. (reflexive, obsolete) To become angry or distressed.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete, provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose.

teenager

  • n. A person between 13 and 19 years of age; an adolescent.

thug

  • n. Someone with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly,…
  • n. (historical) One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and offered…
  • n. In gardening, an over-vigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed.
  • v. To commit acts of thuggery, to live the life of a thug, or to dress and act in a manner reminiscent of…

tinder

  • n. small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.
  • v. (transitive) To set fire to; torch.

tinny

  • adj. Of or pertaining to or resembling tin.
  • adj. Pertaining to the thinness and cheapness of tin or similar-looking metals, in contrast to a heavier, more…
  • adj. Pertaining to a thin, unpleasant sound recalling that of tin being rapped.

touchwood

  • n. Decayed wood used as tinder; punk.

tough

  • adj. Strong and resilient; sturdy.
  • adj. (of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
  • adj. Rugged or physically hardy.
  • adj. Stubborn.
  • adj. (of weather etc) Harsh or severe.
  • adj. Rowdy or rough.
  • adj. (of questions, etc.) Difficult or demanding.
  • adj. (material science) Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
  • interj. (slang) Used to indicate lack of sympathy.
  • n. A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
  • v. To endure.
  • v. To toughen.

toughie

  • n. (informal) Something that is tough, or difficult.

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