Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun skinheads

1 sense of skinheads

Sense 1
skinheads, bootboys -- (a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism)
       => youth subculture -- (a minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members; often characterized by its adoption of a particular music genre)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun skinhead

1 sense of skinhead

Sense 1
skinhead -- (a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations)
       => bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo -- (a cruel and brutal fellow)

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