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riffraff
noun
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 chaff, deadwood, debris, dreck (also drek), dross, dust, effluvium (also effluvia), junk, litter, offal, offscouring, raffle, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, spilth, trash, truck, waste
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 proletariat, rabblement, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rout, scum, tag, rag, and bobtail (or tagrag and bobtail), trash, unwashed
Related Words dregs; commoners, commons, herd, hoi polloi, masses, millions, mob, multitude, people, plebeians, populace, public, rank and file; bourgeoisie, middle class, working class
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