Synonyms of hoods

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noun (1)

plural of hood

as in thugs

a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang

when a gang of hoods started hanging out in front of the store, customers went elsewhere

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

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noun (2)

plural of hood

as in cloaks

something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth

counterfeiters conducting their affairs under a hood of secrecy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cloaks
• shrouds
• veils
• blankets
• robes
• masks
• curtains
• coverings
• mantles
• wraps
• covers
• palls
• copes
• shields
• screens
• cover-ups
• covertures
• penumbras
• penumbrae
• blinds
• façades
• facades
• fig leaves
• disguises
• faces
• Trojan horses
• varnishes
• concealers
• veneers
• glosses
• fig leafs
• Potemkin villages
• camouflages