Hooligan

//ˈhuː.lɪ.ɡən//

Synonyms for "hooligan" (238 found)

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Closest matches (48)

bully arriviste babbitt bad boy barbarian bastard battler belligerent belted knight bickerer blade booger boor bounder bourgeois bravo brawler bruiser buffoon bugger

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bullyboy cad churl clown combatant competitor

Noun(22 words)

bully rowdy ruffian tough yob yobbo agitator bad boy bad news bear bhoy blackguard booger boot boy bovver boy brat brawler breedbate buffoon bugger

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candlefish charva

Strong matches (71)

Related words (119)

little devil little monkey little rascal looby louse lout low fellow meanie militant minx mischief mischief maker mischief-maker mother mucker mug mugger muscle man nouveau riche parvenu

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Noun(39 words)

lout makebate minx mischief mischief-maker miscreant mite ne'er-do-well pixie pot stirrer practical joker prankster puck punk rabble rouser rakeshame rantipole rapscallion rascal rogue

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roly-poly roughneck scamp scapegrace scoundrel shit disturber shit-stirrer shitmonger stirrer tearaway thug titivil troublemaker undesirable vandal wag wagpastie wrangler yobo

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

4 entries

aggressor assailant assaulter attacker

Synonyms

2 entries

bully eulachon

Related terms

5 entries

hooliganism lout thug yob yobbo

derived

13 entries

Hughligan Wholigan antihooligan fooligan hool hoolie hooligan firm hooligan tool hooliganish hooliganize hooliganry hoolivan hoonigan

etymologically related_to

1 entries

houlihan

has context

2 entries

navy slang pejorative

is a

1 entries

blue collar criminal

related to

11 entries

anadromous coast guard hooliganism lout north pacific smelt thaleichthys pacificus thug trouble violence yob

Translations

132 translations across 55 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

huligan noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
rrugaç noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Arabic

3 entries

أزعر noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
دَمَوِيّ noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
سَفَّاح noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Armenian

1 entries

խուլիգան noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries

ܫܹܠܵܬܹܐ noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

xuliqan noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Belarusian

2 entries

хуліга́н noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
хуліга́нка noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Bulgarian

2 entries

хулига́н noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
хулига́нка noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Burmese

1 entries

လမ်းသရဲ noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

爛仔 /烂仔 noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

歹徒 noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
流氓 noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
阿飛 /阿飞 noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Czech

2 entries

chuligán noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
chuligánka noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Dutch

3 entries

hooligan noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
onruststoker noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
vechtersbaas noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Esperanto

1 entries

huligano noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Estonian

1 entries

huligaan noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Finnish

2 entries

huligaani noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
häirikkö noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

French

3 entries

casseur noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
hooligan noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
voyou noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Galician

4 entries

arroallo noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
bergante noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
bourión noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
bullangueiro noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Georgian

1 entries

ხულიგანი noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

German

4 entries

Halbstarker noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
Hooligan noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
Querulant noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
Randalierer noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Greek

3 entries

ταραξίας noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
ταραχοποιός noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
χούλιγκαν noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Hebrew

1 entries

חוּלִיגָן noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Hindi

1 entries

गुंडा noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Hungarian

1 entries

huligán noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Irish

2 entries

amhas noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
amhasóir noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Italian

3 entries

hooligan noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
teppista noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
vandalo noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Japanese

4 entries

ならず者 noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
フーリガン noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
不良 noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
与太者 noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Kazakh

4 entries

бейбастақ noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
бұзақы noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
бұзылған noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
бұзық noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Khmer

1 entries

កាចកោង noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Korean

4 entries

깡패 noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
불량배 noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
불량자 noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
불한당 noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

бейбаш noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
зөөкүр noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
хулиган noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Lao

2 entries

ນັກປຸ້ນ noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
ສາຣະໂກກ noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Latvian

1 entries

huligāns noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Lithuanian

2 entries

chuliganas noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
triukšmadarys noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Macedonian

2 entries

хулига́н noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
хулига́нка noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Malayalam

1 entries

ഗുണ്ട noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Māori

1 entries

rarikena noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Persian

2 entries

قلدر noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
لات noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Polish

4 entries

chuligan noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
chuliganka noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
warchoł noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
zabijaka noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Portuguese

4 entries

arruaceiro noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
baderneiro noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
hooligan noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
vândalo noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Romanian

1 entries

huligan noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Russian

4 entries

буя́н noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
дебоши́р noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
забия́ка noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
зади́ра noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

hȕligān noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
hȕligānka noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
ху̏лига̄н noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
ху̏лига̄нка noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Slovak

2 entries

chuligán noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
chuligánka noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Slovene

2 entries

huligan noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
huliganka noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Spanish

4 entries

gamberra noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
gamberro noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
hooligan noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
vándala noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Swedish

1 entries

huligan noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Tajik

2 entries

авбош noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
безорӣ noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Thai

2 entries

จิ๊กโก๋ noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
นักเลง noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Turkish

1 entries

holigan noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Turkmen

1 entries

huligan noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Ukrainian

2 entries

хуліга́н noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
хуліга́нка noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Urdu

2 entries

غنڈہ noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
گنڈا noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Uzbek

2 entries

bezori noun (person that causes trouble or violence)
xuligan noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Vietnamese

1 entries

hô-li-gân noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Yiddish

1 entries

כוליגאַן noun (person that causes trouble or violence)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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You sure are a hooligan!

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He's just a petty hooligan, but if he had just a little more initiative, he could be a major criminal leader.

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What makes you think he's not a hooligan?

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Are you talking about that hooligan?

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