Synonyms of yobs

yobs

noun

plural of yob, British

as in thugs

a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang

the complaint that English football has been taken over by the yobs, who make the stadiums unfit for families

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thugs
• criminals
• gangsters
• villains
• bandits
• thieves
• hooligans
• pirates
• offenders
• hoodlums
• bullies
• assassins
• ruffians
• yobbos
• rowdies
• punks
• toughs
• gorillas
• gangbangers
• mobsters
• goons
• hoods
• roughnecks
• gangstas
• yobboes
• perpetrators
• toughies
• robbers
• scoundrels
• plug-uglies
• vandals
• outlaws
• cutthroats
• brigands
• crooks
• felons
• lawbreakers
• mugs
• highwaymen
• desperadoes
• desperados
• mafiosi
• gunmen
• perps
• racketeers
• malefactors
• pickpockets
• swindlers
• bravoes
• bravos
• tearaways
• juvenile delinquents