Synonyms of goons

goons

noun

plural of goon

1

as in idiots

a stupid person

an unfortunate tendency to call those who disagree with him "brainless goons"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idiots
• morons
• stupids
• lunatics
• dummies
• fools
• numbskulls
• losers
• prats
• mutts
• imbeciles
• dolts
• knuckleheads
• dopes
• dimwits
• yahoos
• shlubs
• boneheads
• donkeys
• dullards
• loons
• pinheads
• clowns
• ignoramuses
• blockheads
• chuckleheads
• ninnies
• jackasses
• dunderheads
• jerks
• oafs
• lunkheads
• cretins
• numskulls
• know-nothings
• ignorami
• hardheads
• nitwits
• stupes
• golems
• goofs
• ratbags
• meatheads
• half-wits
• nimrods
• simpletons
• deadheads
• dunces
• dodos
• doofuses
• schlubs
• nincompoops
• chowderheads
• villains
• hammerheads
• naturals
• bubbleheads
• clodpoles
• noddies
• ganders
• fatheads
• dorks
• lamebrains
• airheads
• thickheads
• dips
• clucks
• stocks
• dumb clucks
• lumps
• nuts
• turkeys
• geese
• clunks
• sapheads
• dum-dums
• loggerheads
• buffoons
• lunks
• dumbheads
• dumbbells
• noodles
• ninnyhammers
• birdbrains
• schnooks
• momes
• cuddies
• woodenheads
• madmen
• dummkopfs
• nits
• loonies
• clodpolls
• dufuses
• dodoes
• skunks
• dim bulbs
• skunk
• clots
• zanies
• boobies
• yo-yos
• creeps
• snakes
• mugs
• gawks
• beasts
• boors
• scatterbrains
• cads
• heels
• stinkers
• curs
• churls
• featherbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brains
• intellectuals
• geniuses
• thinkers
• genii
• sages
• intellects
• wizards
• whizzes
• Renaissance men
• polymaths
• sharpies

2

as in thugs

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 & Similar Words

• thugs
• criminals
• gangsters
• villains
• bandits
• assassins
• pirates
• thieves
• hoodlums
• ruffians
• hooligans
• toughs
• mobsters
• offenders
• bullies
• rowdies
• gorillas
• punks
• hoods
• roughnecks
• gangbangers
• gangstas
• yobs
• toughies
• yobbos
• perpetrators
• yobboes
• scoundrels
• robbers
• plug-uglies
• crooks
• outlaws
• cutthroats
• brigands
• felons
• mafiosi
• mugs
• gunmen
• racketeers
• desperadoes
• desperados
• lawbreakers
• perps
• highwaymen
• vandals
• malefactors
• swindlers
• bravoes
• pickpockets
• bravos
• juvenile delinquents
• tearaways