punk

1. 1.

   of very poor quality; flimsy

   Synonymsbumcheapcheesychintzycrummysleazytinny

   Similarinferior

   colloquialism

Other forms of punk

plural

punks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about punk

What does punk mean?

punk means "an aggressive and violent young criminal". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in punk?

punk has 1 syllable: punk. In IPA it is /ˈpʌŋk/.

What is another word for punk?

Close synonyms include hood, hoodlum, goon, thug, tough. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is punk a common word?

punk is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.