ruffian

ruffian is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun, adjective, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour.
2. noun. A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat.
3. adjective. brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.
4. intransitive verb. To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
5. noun. a cruel and brutal fellow

   Synonyms: bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo

Synonyms

bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ruffian:

funfair

Common word forms

ruffians, ruffianly, ruffianize

Words from these letters

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