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HOOLIGAN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HOOLIGAN?

Need another word that means the same as “hooligan”? Find 14 synonyms for “hooligan” in this overview.

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The synonyms of “Hooligan” are: bully, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo, hoodlum, thug, lout, delinquent, vandal, troublemaker

Hooligan as a Noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hooligan” as a noun can have the following definitions:

bully	A person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable. He is a ranting domineering bully.
delinquent	A delinquent person. Juvenile delinquents.
hoodlum	An aggressive and violent young criminal. A bunch of hoodlums just looking for trouble.
lout	An uncouth and aggressive man or boy. Drunken louts.
roughneck	An oil rig worker. The usual roughnecks and gangsters.
rowdy	A cruel and brutal fellow. We are accused of being rowdies in the pub.
ruffian	A cruel and brutal fellow.
tough	Someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing. A gang of toughs.
troublemaker	A person who habitually causes difficulty or problems, especially by inciting others to defy those in authority.
vandal	A member of a Germanic people that ravaged Gaul, Spain, Rome (455), and North Africa in the 4th–5th centuries. The rear window of the car was smashed by vandals.
yob	A rude, noisy, and aggressive young person.
yobo	A cruel and brutal fellow.