troublemaker
noun/ˈtɹʌbəlˌmeɪkə(ɹ)/
Etymology From trouble + make + -er.
1
One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.
- The teacher separated the known troublemakers from the rest of the class.
- He gained a reputation as a political troublemaker.
2 more examples
- local troublemaker
- serial troublemaker
2
A complainer.
- Synonyms
80 terms
agitator, bad boy, bad news, bear, beggar, bhoy, blackguard, booger, boot boy, bovver boy, brat, brawler, breedbate, buffoon, bugger, bully, charva, cutup, devil, elf, enfant terrible, firebrand, gadfly, hell-raiser, hood, hoodlum, hool, hoolie, hooligan, hothead, imp, inciter, initiator, instigator, jackanapes, joker, jokester, kindle-coal, kindle-fire, knave, lout, makebate, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, pixie, pot stirrer, practical joker, prankster, puck, punk, rabble rouser, rakeshame, rantipole, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, roly-poly, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, shit disturber, shitmonger, shit-stirrer, tearaway, thug, titivil, tough, troublemaker, undesirable, vandal, wag, wagpastie, wrangler, yob, yobbo- Related terms
- troublemaking, troubleshooter, troubleshooting, badness, cheeky, criminal, villain, maverick
- Hyponyms
- chav, fearmonger, fearmongerer, lager lout, Lycra lout, panicmonger, Saga lout, scaremonger