go on 1 of 2
verb
1
as in to happen
to take place what in the world is going on in there? Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- happen
- come down
- be
- come about
- go down
- occur
- come
- come to pass
- do
- come off
- hap
- cook
- betide
- chance
- befall
- transpire
- pass
- spring (up)
- turn out
- crop (up)
- go off
- fall out
- rise
- come up
- develop
- shape (up)
- arise
- proceed
- materialize
- result
- intervene
- follow
- break
2
as in to run on
to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point my, but Aunt Betty does go on about all of her aches and pains Synonyms & Similar Words
- run on
- ramble
- rattle
- blather (on)
- run one's mouth
- wander
- deviate
- stray
- chat
- maunder
- digress
- sidetrack
- patter
- prate
- gab
- waffle
- chatter
- gibber
- burble
- blabber
- blither
- jabber
- gabble
- prattle
- blab
- drivel
- drool
- bumble
goon
2 of 2noun
1
as in idiot
a stupid person an unfortunate tendency to call those who disagree with him "brainless goons" Synonyms & Similar Words
- idiot
- moron
- stupid
- lunatic
- dummy
- prat
- imbecile
- fool
- mutt
- loser
- dolt
- dimwit
- knucklehead
- loon
- goose
- jackass
- chucklehead
- clown
- ignoramus
- dullard
- cretin
- ninny
- oaf
- dunderhead
- doofus
- donkey
- dunce
- pinhead
- simpleton
- lunkhead
- blockhead
- meathead
- villain
- numbskull
- stupe
- bonehead
- golem
- goof
- dope
- lamebrain
- dumbhead
- jerk
- hardhead
- ratbag
- schnook
- numskull
- nitwit
- noddy
- nimrod
- dork
- schlub
- natural
- know-nothing
- fathead
- airhead
- buffoon
- dummkopf
- hammerhead
- shlub
- yahoo
- clunk
- half-wit
- chowderhead
- gander
- nincompoop
- nit
- noodle
- dodo
- turkey
- dip
- cuddy
- bubblehead
- saphead
- madman
- thickhead
- clodpole
- lump
- cluck
- dumbbell
- loggerhead
- deadhead
- clodpoll
- mome
- dum-dum
- dumb cluck
- birdbrain
- loony
- skunk
- ninnyhammer
- stock
- cuddie
- booby
- woodenhead
- clot
- dim bulb
- snake
- mug
- nut
- yo-yo
- creep
- zany
- boor
- beast
- stinker
- cad
- cur
- gawk
- scatterbrain
- heel
- churl
- featherbrain
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- genius
- brain
- wizard
- whiz
- intellectual
- intellect
- sage
- thinker
- polymath
- sharpy
- sharpie
- Renaissance man
2
as in thug
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang the crime boss threatened to send the goons after him if he squealed Synonyms & Similar Words
- thug
- criminal
- gangster
- villain
- assassin
- bandit
- hoodlum
- pirate
- thief
- ruffian
- hooligan
- bully
- mobster
- gorilla
- gangsta
- offender
- hood
- tough
- rowdy
- punk
- gangbanger
- roughneck
- yob
- yobbo
- toughie
- plug-ugly
- scoundrel
- toughy
- robber
- mafioso
- perpetrator
- crook
- brigand
- perp
- outlaw
- desperado
- felon
- mug
- racketeer
- vandal
- cutthroat
- highwayman
- pickpocket
- swindler
- malefactor
- lawbreaker
- gunman
- bravo
- tearaway
- juvenile delinquent