riffraff
Disreputable common folk
Riffraff is people considered worthless, disreputable, or of the lowest social class—the undesirable element: The doorman kept the riffraff out.
The term is dismissive and often snobbish, used by those who consider themselves superior.
It can be playfully self-deprecating: Just us riffraff here tonight.
Surface residue or lowlifes
- verminHarmful small animals
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- filthFoul, accumulated matter
- lowlifeDisreputable, despicable person
scumbag · slime · swine · pond scum · bottom-feeders · dirt · garbage · rubbish
Dishonest, unprincipled people
- miscreantsWrongdoers or lawbreakers
- ne'er-do-wellsIdle, worthless individuals
- degeneratesWorsens over time
- delinquentsYoung criminals or troublemakers
rogues · hoodlums · reprobates · vagabonds · drifters · good-for-nothings · wastrels · lowlifes
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
- massesBulk or populace
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- throngDense pressing crowd
- multitudeVery large number
crowd · plebeians · populace · dregs · underclass · proletariat · commoners · peasantry
Noisily disorderly
- disorderlyNot arranged neatly
- rabble-rousersThose inciting public disorder
- troublemakersThose causing problems deliberately
- agitatorsThose who incite disturbance
hooligans · ruffians · thugs · yobs · louts · roughnecks · toughs · goons
scum
Surface residue or lowlifes
lowlife · scumbag · slime · swine · pond scum · bottom-feeders · dirt · garbage · rubbish · rascals
scoundrels
Dishonest, unprincipled people
- miscreantsWrongdoers or lawbreakers
- ne'er-do-wellsIdle, worthless individuals
- degeneratesWorsens over time
delinquents · rogues · hoodlums · reprobates · vagabonds · drifters · good-for-nothings · wastrels · lowlifes · dregs
mob
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
multitude · crowd · plebeians · populace · dregs · underclass · proletariat · commoners · peasantry · hoi polloi
rowdy
Noisily disorderly
- disorderlyNot arranged neatly
- rabble-rousersThose inciting public disorder
- troublemakersThose causing problems deliberately
agitators · hooligans · ruffians · thugs · yobs · louts · roughnecks · toughs · goons · brawlers
- rhyming reduplicativesflip flop, hip hop, tip top, zigzag, ping pong
- Reduplicativesbye-bye, mama, papa, haha, yo-yo
- class labelsaristocrat, beggar, bourgeois, commoner, elite
- massmass, masses, bulk, body mass, atomic mass
- underclasspoor, pauper, peasant, homeless, serf
- crowdscrowd, horde, mob, throng, multitude
riffraffelite
Superior select group
aristocracy · nobility · gentry · upper crust · high society