strong-armer

Questions about strong-armer

What does strong-armer mean?

strong-armer means "an aggressive and violent young criminal".

How many syllables are in strong-armer?

strong-armer has 3 syllables: stron-g-ar-mer. The stress falls on "stron".

What is another word for strong-armer?

Close synonyms include hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug. 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 strong-armer a common word?

strong-armer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.