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Rowdy is a related term of delinquent.


As an adjective rowdy

is rough and disorderly; riotous or just boisterous.

As a noun rowdy

is a boisterous person; a brawler.

As a verb delinquent is

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rowdy

English

Alternative forms

* rowdie

Adjective

(er)
  • rough and disorderly; riotous or just boisterous

    • Derived terms

    * rowdiness * rowdyism

    Noun

    (rowdies)
  • A boisterous person; a brawler.

    • Synonyms

    * (boisterous person) brawler, ruffian

    Anagrams

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    delinquent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
    • Fred is delinquent in making his car payment.
    The company made a new effort to collect delinquent payments.
  • Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense

    • Synonyms

    * (late or failing to pay a debt) defaulting

    Derived terms

    * delinquency * juvenile delinquent * moral delinquent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws.
  • (obsolete) a term applied to royalists by their opponents in the English Civil War 1642 - 1645. Charles I was known as the chief delinquent.

    • Synonyms

    * See also