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Synonyms of riffraff

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Another word for riffraff is canaille. Other synonyms of riffraff are commonality, commonalty, crowd, commonage and demos.

Synonyms and similar words for riffraff

nounThe rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position.

Meaning of riffraff

  1. noun The rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position.
  2. noun Sweepings; refuse.

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Questions about synonyms of riffraff

What is another word for riffraff?
Riffraff has 29 synonyms on Word.ws, such as canaille, commonality, commonalty, crowd, commonage, demos, everyone and general public.
What does riffraff mean?
Riffraff means the rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: riffraff (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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