riffraff | Definition of riffraff

Synonyms and Antonyms of riffraff

1 discarded or useless material

the sight of piles and piles of riffraff at the town dump was a sobering reminder that we are indeed a society of consumers

Synonyms of riffraff

chaff, deadwood, debris, dreck (also drek), dross, dust, effluvium (also effluvia), garbage, junk, litter, offal, offscouring, raffle, refuse, rubbish, scrap, spilth, trash, truck, waste

Words Related to riffraff

crud, sewage, slop, swill, wash

detritus, remains, rubble, ruins

dump, scrap heap

lumber, odds and ends, trumpery

flotsam, jetsam, wreckage

castoff, cull, discard, hand-me-down, reject, throwaway

nothing, straw, two bits

Near Antonyms of riffraff

catch, gem, goody (or goodie), jewel, pearl, plum, prize, treasure, treasure trove, trove, valuable

booty, find, salvage

2 people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class

local ordinances that are intended to keep the riffraff out of the town

Synonyms of riffraff

proletariat, rabble, rabblement, ragtag and bobtail, rout, scum, tag, rag, and bobtail (or tagrag and bobtail), trash, unwashed

Words Related to riffraff

commoners, commons, herd, hoi polloi, masses, millions, mob, multitude, people, plebeians, populace, public, rank and file

bourgeoisie, middle class, working class

Near Antonyms of riffraff

elect, establishment

gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), nobility, peerage

Antonyms of riffraff

A-list, aristocracy, elite, gentry, quality, society, upper class, upper crust