PUNKS Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

punks

noun

plural of punk

as in novices

a person who is just starting out in a field of activity an impertinent punk who was trying to tell senior colleagues how to do their jobs

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as in thugs

a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang the vigilante was hailed by some as a hero for standing up to the punks who had repeatedly threatened his family

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Recent Examples of punks This willful overreach is more or less business as usual for Albarn and his old housemate Hewlett, who, by conceiving this cartoon combo of multiracial punks in 1998, advanced a vision of pop hybridity that anticipated our age of cultural superabundance. —

Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2026 The writer, perhaps best known for his best-selling Something is Killing the Children, is teaming up with Marguerite Bennett for Odin, a new original horror comic book series that sees neo-Nazi punks face ancient Norse beings. —

Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026 This decade alone, the same South Minneapolis punks currently protesting in the streets lived through the uprising around George Floyd’s murder and the Nudieland punk house shooting, which resulted in multiple injuries and the death of August Golden. —

Evan Minsker, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2026 Directed by James Buddy Day, 40 Years of F**kin’ Up traces NOFX’s evolution from teenage punks to one of the most influential and polarising bands in modern punk history. —

Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2026 For example, in Granada, there is a community of ravers, punks, that have been there since the time of Margaret Thatcher. —

Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2025 All these young punks and musical savants appearing under the repressive atmosphere of the academy may require some suspension of disbelief (as does Lilisa’s gravity-defying hair). —

Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025 The lower-cut model was designed for factory floors and workshops but was quickly adopted by punks and other subcultures. —

Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025 Berghaus embraced the punks and ravers, recognizing in them a version of the subversive spirit that drives the very best alpinists. —

Jeff Moag, Outside, 24 Nov. 2025

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Going beyond the standard pick-me-up, Gotcha Matcha uses high quality, ceremonial-grade matcha that appeals to novices and matcha enthusiasts alike.

— Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2026