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Synonyms & Antonyms of roughneck
(Entry 1 of 2)
lacking in refinement or good taste
- their roughneck antics were amusing only if you were as drunk as they were
Synonyms for roughneck
- coarse,
- common,
- crass,
- crude,
- gross,
- ill-bred,
- illiberal
- [archaic],
- incult,
- insensible,
- low,
- lowbred,
- lowbrow,
- raffish,
- rough,
- rough-hewn,
- rude,
- rugged,
- tasteless,
- uncouth,
- uncultivated,
- uncultured,
- unpolished,
- unrefined,
- vulgar
Words Related to roughneck
- countrified
- (also countryfied),
- provincial,
- rustic
- (also rustical),
- unsophisticated
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Antonyms for roughneck
roughneck
nounSynonyms of roughneck (Entry 2 of 2)
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
- a group of roughnecks like to hang out at the roadhouse and harass people
Synonyms for roughneck
Words Related to roughneck
- assassin,
- bandit,
- bravo,
- brigand,
- criminal,
- crook,
- desperado,
- felon,
- gunman,
- highwayman,
- lawbreaker,
- mafioso,
- malefactor,
- offender,
- outlaw,
- perp,
- perpetrator,
- pirate
- juvenile delinquent,
- tearaway
- [British]
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“Roughneck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roughneck. Accessed 16 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of roughneck was in 1834
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