roughneck
Crude oil laborer
A roughneck is a worker on an oil drilling rig, performing the physically demanding labor of handling pipes and equipment on the drill floor.
More broadly, roughneck describes any tough, rowdy, or uncouth person—someone rough around the edges: He hung around with roughnecks and troublemakers.
The term suggests working-class masculinity and a readiness for hard work or hard living.
One who bores holes
- derrickMovable boom apparatus
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- mudmanBeing made of earth
pipeliner · wildcatter · offshore · wellhead · fracking · petroleum · extraction · completion
Violent criminal
- bullyHabitual intimidator
- hoodlumViolent young criminal
- goonEnforcer or simpleton
- brawlerHabitual fist-fighter
hooligan · rowdy · toughie · bruiser · muscleman · enforcer · tough · scrapper
Manual labor workforce
- workerPerson who toils
- manualWritten instructions for use
- hardhatProtective construction headwear
- overallsTrousers with bib front
calloused · welder · ironworker · boilermaker · pipelayer · construction · union · foreman
Durable and strong
- hardyAble to endure difficulty
- durableAble to withstand use
- sturdySolidly built, durable
- weatheredEroded by exposure
hardened · resilient · gritty · leathery · roughened · calloused · sunburnt · windswept
Unpolished, raw state
- coarseRough in texture
- vulgarCrude or indecent
- boorishCrudely ill-mannered
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
brash · gruff · blunt · crass · indelicate · unpolished · ill-mannered · tactless
driller
One who bores holes
mudman · pipeliner · wildcatter · offshore · wellhead · fracking · petroleum · extraction · completion · exploration
thug
Violent criminal
brawler · hooligan · rowdy · toughie · bruiser · muscleman · enforcer · tough · scrapper · streetfighter
blue-collar
Manual labor workforce
overalls · calloused · welder · ironworker · boilermaker · pipelayer · construction · union · foreman · journeyman
tough
Durable and strong
weathered · hardened · resilient · gritty · leathery · roughened · calloused · sunburnt · windswept · outdoor
crude
Unpolished, raw state
unrefined · brash · gruff · blunt · crass · indelicate · unpolished · ill-mannered · tactless · brusque
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- tough guystough guys, tough guy, thug, thugs, enforcer
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
- tough peopletough guy, tough cookie, tough nut, badass, bruiser
- brawlersbrawler, bruiser, fighter, scrapper, street fighter
- job slangcop, doc, medic, cabbie, barista
roughneckgentleman
Courteous, honorable man
polished · refined · cultivated · well-bred · urbane
roughneckaristocrat
Person of noble birth
white-collar worker · patrician · blue blood · noble · gentleman of leisure
roughneckgentleman
Courteous, honorable man
gentle soul · sensitive · considerate · thoughtful · graceful