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goon

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of goon

1 a stupid person
  • Don't be a goon and forget mom's birthday again.
Synonyms of goon

airhead, blockhead, chucklehead, dimwit, dodo, dolt, donkey, dope, dork [slang], dullard, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, goof, half-wit, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loon, lunkhead, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, saphead, simpleton, stock, turkey, yahoo, yo-yo
Words Related to goon

booby, buffoon, fool, goose, loony, lunatic, madman, nut, zany

loser

gawk

featherbrain, scatterbrain

beast, boor, cad, clown, creep, heel, jerk, skunk, snake, stinker, villain
Near Antonyms of goon

egghead, intellect, intellectual, sage, thinker, whiz, wizard
Antonyms of goon

brain, genius
2 a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
  • The crime boss threatened to send the goons after him if he squealed.
Synonyms of goon

gangster, gorilla, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, mobster, punk, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough
Words Related to goon

cutthroat, scoundrel, villain

assassin, bandit, bravo, brigand, criminal, crook, desperado, felon, gunman, highwayman, lawbreaker, mafioso, malefactor, offender, outlaw, perp, perpetrator, pirate

pickpocket, racketeer, robber, swindler, thief, vandal

go on

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of go on

1 to take place
  • What in the world is going on in there?
Synonyms of go on

be, befall, betide, chance, come, come about, come down, come off, cook, do, happen, occur, pass, transpire
Words Related to go on

break, develop, rise, shape (up)

arise, come up, crop (up), materialize, spring (up)

intervene

fall out, follow, result, turn out

go off, proceed
Phrases Synonymous with go on

come to pass
2 to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point
  • My, but Aunt Betty does go on about all of her aches and pains.
Synonyms of go on

blather (on), maunder, ramble, rattle, run on
Words Related to go on

deviate, digress, stray, wander

sidetrack

blab, blabber, burble, chat, chatter, drivel, drool, gab, gibber, jabber, patter, prate, prattle
Phrases Synonymous with go on

run one's mouth

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