Thesaurus:jerk

THESAURUS

jerk

English

Noun

Sense: a rude, obnoxious, unpleasant, or cruel person

Synonyms

• asshat
• asshole
• asswipe
• bag of dicks
• berk (UK)
• buttface
• butthead
• chunk-blower
• cullion (archaic)
• cunt
• cuntbiscuit
• dick
• dickhead
• dickweasel
• dirtbag
• douche
• douchebag
• doucheburger
• douchecanoe
• douche nozzle
• douchewad
• douchewagon
• fuckoid
• fuckwit
• git    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hosebag
• jackass
• jagweed
• jerk
• jerko
• jerkoff
• jerkwad
• jerkweed
• lowlife
• meanie
• paddock (Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland)
• piece of shit
• piece of work
• pig    [⇒ thesaurus]
• prick
• schmuck
• scum
• scumbag
• scumbug
• scuzz
• scuzzball
• scuzzbucket
• scuzzoid
• shitass
• shit bird
• shithead
• shitlord
• sleaze
• sleazeball
• sleazebag
• sourhead
• squib
• undesirable
• vonce
• weasel

Hyponyms

Female jerks

• bitch
• cow
• hussy
• shrew    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —

Male jerks

• bastard    [⇒ thesaurus]
• son of a bitch
• son of a gun
•   —

Jerks by objectionable quality

• antimodel
• know-it-all    [⇒ thesaurus]
• malapert    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• git    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:fool
• Thesaurus:idiot
• Thesaurus:criminal

Further reading

• “493. ignoramus” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “jerk” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.