punk rock

1. 1.

   rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock

   Synonymspunk

   Broaderrock 'n' roll

Questions about punk rock

What does punk rock mean?

punk rock means "rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock".

What is another word for punk rock?

Close synonyms include punk. 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 rock a common word?

punk rock is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.