Synonyms & related words for thugs

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of thugs. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to thugs

Explore words related to thugs — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include hoodlum, goon, thuggish, thuggery, gangsters, hooligans, hoodlumism, gangsterdom. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does thugs come from?

The word thugs breaks down into one root of Hindi origin: the root thug-, from Hindi thag (“cheat, swindler”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.