Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun punk_rock
1 sense of punk rock
Sense 1
punk rock, punk -- (rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock)
=> rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music -- (a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.")