brawler
One who tussles
A brawler is someone who fights, especially in rough, disorderly scuffles rather than formal combat.
The word suggests a person prone to or skilled at physical altercations: He was a barroom brawler in his younger days.
In video games, a brawler is a fighting game or a character class built for close-quarters combat.
Combat sport competitor
- wrestlerOne who grapples opponents
- gladiatorAncient Roman arena combatant
- sluggerPowerful baseball batter
- scrapperPugnacious combatant
bruiser · pugilist · street fighter · contender · grappler · kickboxer · bare-knuckle · enforcer
Violent young troublemaker
- rabble-rouserOne who stirs dissent
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
- ruffianViolent, lawless person
- thugViolent criminal
bully · hoodlum · rowdy · roughhouse · instigator · agitator · hothead · hellraiser
Easily provoked to anger
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- antagonisticActively opposed or hostile
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
bellicose · irascible · truculent · volatile · combative · contentious · belligerent · quarrelsome
Having well-developed sinews
- brawnyPhysically powerful, well-muscled
- burlyHeavily muscled and broad
- stockyShort and solidly built
- barrel-chestedHaving expansive ribcage
broad-shouldered · imposing · intimidating · hulking · rugged · battle-scarred · grizzled · weathered
boxer
Combat sport competitor
- wrestlerOne who grapples opponents
- gladiatorAncient Roman arena combatant
- sluggerPowerful baseball batter
scrapper · bruiser · pugilist · street fighter · contender · grappler · kickboxer · bare-knuckle · enforcer · bouncer
hooligan
Violent young troublemaker
- rabble-rouserOne who stirs dissent
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
- ruffianViolent, lawless person
thug · bully · hoodlum · rowdy · roughhouse · instigator · agitator · hothead · hellraiser · delinquent
hotheaded
Easily provoked to anger
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- antagonisticActively opposed or hostile
hostile · bellicose · irascible · truculent · volatile · combative · contentious · belligerent · quarrelsome · pugnacious
muscular
Having well-developed sinews
barrel-chested · broad-shouldered · imposing · intimidating · hulking · rugged · battle-scarred · grizzled · weathered · calloused
- boxingjab, uppercut, hook, punch, knockout
- character classeswarrior, mage, rogue, cleric, paladin
- fightersboxer, boxers, wrestler, Muhammad Ali, fighter
- tough guystough guys, tough guy, thug, thugs, enforcer
- badassesaction hero, warrior, fighter, tough guy, daredevil
- tough peopletough guy, tough cookie, tough nut, badass, bruiser
brawlerpeacemaker
Conflict resolution agent
pacifist · mediator · diplomat · peacekeeper · conciliator
brawlerpacifist
Anti-violence believer
coward · milquetoast · shrinking violet · pushover · wallflower
brawlergentleman
Courteous, honorable man
pacifist · scholar · intellectual · aesthete · sophisticate
- barroom brawlViolent tavern altercation
- street brawlPublic physical altercation
- bar brawlFight in drinking establishment
- drunken brawl
- tavern brawlFight in drinking establishment
- bench-clearing brawlAll-player on-field fight