'Thug' definitions:
Definition of 'thug'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Thug'
From: GCIDE
- Thug \Thug\ (th[u^]g; 277), n. [Hind. thag a deceiver, robber.]
- 1. One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearly exterminated by the British government. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An assassin; a ruffian; a rough. "Thugs and midnight rounders." --The Century. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'thug'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adherent,
- apache,
- assassin,
- assassinator,
- bandit,
- battler,
- belligerent,
- belted knight,
- betrayer,
- bickerer,
- blade,
- bloodletter,
- bloodshedder,
- bravo,
- brawler,
- brigand,
- bucko,
- bully,
- bullyboy,
- burker,
- butcher,
- button man,
- Cain,
- cannibal,
- combatant,
- competitor,
- contender,
- contestant,
- convict,
- creature,
- criminal,
- crook,
- cutthroat,
- dacoit,
- deceiver,
- desperado,
- desperate criminal,
- devil,
- disciple,
- disputant,
- double-dealer,
- duelist,
- dummy,
- enforcer,
- eradicator,
- executioner,
- exterminator,
- felon,
- fencer,
- feuder,
- fighter,
- fighting cock,
- figurehead,
- flunky,
- foilsman,
- follower,
- fugitive,
- gallows bird,
- gamecock,
- gangster,
- gaolbird,
- garroter,
- gillie,
- gladiator,
- goon,
- gorilla,
- gun,
- gunman,
- gunsel,
- hanger-on,
- hatchet man,
- head-hunter,
- heavy,
- hell-raiser,
- hellcat,
- henchman,
- hit man,
- homicidal maniac,
- homicide,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- jackal,
- jailbird,
- jouster,
- Judas,
- killer,
- knight,
- lackey,
- lawbreaker,
- mad dog,
- Mafioso,
- man,
- man-eater,
- man-killer,
- manslayer,
- massacrer,
- matador,
- militant,
- minion,
- mobsman,
- mobster,
- mugger,
- murderer,
- myrmidon,
- outlaw,
- pesticide,
- plug-ugly,
- poison,
- poisoner,
- public enemy,
- puppet,
- quarreler,
- quisling,
- racketeer,
- rioter,
- rival,
- robber,
- rough,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- sabreur,
- satellite,
- scofflaw,
- scrapper,
- scuffler,
- slaughterer,
- slayer,
- squabbler,
- stooge,
- strangler,
- strong,
- strong arm,
- strong-arm man,
- strong-armer,
- struggler,
- swashbuckler,
- swindler,
- sword,
- swordplayer,
- swordsman,
- sycophant,
- terrorist,
- thief,
- tilter,
- torpedo,
- tough,
- traitor,
- trigger man,
- tussler,
- two-timer,
- votary,
- wrangler,
- yahoo