Chav

//t͡ʃæv//

Synonyms for "chav" (78 found)

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Related word relations

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More general

4 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Related terms

1 entries

coordinate

6 entries

derived

10 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

3 entries

related to

8 entries

Translations

35 translations across 18 languages.

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Chinese

1 entries
  • 阿明 noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • MK (em¹ kei¹) noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
  • MK仔 noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 八加九 noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
  • 殺馬特 /杀马特 noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • marĝenulo noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
  • misgustulo noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

Finnish

1 entries
  • rakkari noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

French

2 entries
  • cacou noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
  • racaille noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

German

2 entries
  • Asi noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
  • Proll noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

Greek

1 entries
  • κάγκουρας noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • עַרְס noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

Italian

4 entries
  • coatto noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
  • scugnizzo noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
  • tamarro noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
  • zingaro noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

Japanese

2 entries
  • チンピラ noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
  • ヤンキー noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

Polish

3 entries
  • dres noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
  • dresiara noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
  • dresiarz noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • maloqueiro noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
  • trombadinha noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

Romanian

2 entries
  • bombardier noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
  • cocalar noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

Russian

1 entries
  • го́пник noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • dizelaš noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cani noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
  • choni noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
  • flaite noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)
  • poligonera noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

Turkish

1 entries
  • keko noun (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom is a chav.

Source: tatoeba (8033403)

Mary is a chav.

Source: tatoeba (8033419)

Lyrical staff / Never could they ever take me for a chav / Scholar in the English, scholar in the Math / Dizzee ain't no riff raff

Source: wiktionary

His book concerns ‘chavs’, a supposed underclass of ill-educated, fast-breeding, violent and amoral poor people currently plaguing Britain.

Source: wiktionary

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