Thesaurus:troublemaker
English
Noun
Sense: a person that causes trouble, especially deliberately
Synonyms
- agitator
- bad boy
- bad news
- bear [⇒ thesaurus]
- bhoy (UK & Ireland)
- blackguard
- booger
- boot boy
- bovver boy
- brat
- brawler
- breedbate (obsolete)
- buffoon
- bugger
- bully
- charva (Geordie dialect)
- cutup
- devil
- elf
- enfant terrible
- firebrand
- gadfly
- hell-raiser
- hood
- hoodlum
- hool (slang)
- hoolie (slang)
- hooligan
- hothead
- imp
- inciter
- initiator
- instigator
- jackanapes (dated)
- joker [⇒ thesaurus]
- jokester
- kindle-coal (obsolete)
- kindle-fire (obsolete)
- knave
- lout
- makebate
- minx
- mischief [⇒ thesaurus]
- mischief-maker
- miscreant
- ne'er-do-well
- pixie
- pot stirrer
- practical joker
- prankster
- puck
- rabble rouser
- rakeshame (obsolete)
- rantipole (obsolete)
- rapscallion
- rascal
- rogue
- roly-poly (obsolete)
- rowdy
- ruffian
- scamp
- scapegrace
- scoundrel
- shit disturber
- shitmonger
- shit-stirrer
- tearaway
- thug
- titivil (obsolete)
- tough
- troublemaker
- undesirable
- vandal
- wag
- wagpastie (obsolete)
- wrangler
- yob (UK)
- yobbo (UK)
Hyponyms
See also
Further reading
- “949. bad man” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “troublemaker” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.