STREET FIGHTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does street fighter mean? 

• STREET FIGHTER (noun)
  The noun STREET FIGHTER has 2 senses:

1. a contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods

2. someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

  Familiarity information: STREET FIGHTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STREET FIGHTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("street fighter" is a kind of...):

challenger; competition; competitor; contender; rival (the contestant you hope to defeat)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

street fighter; tough

Hypernyms ("street fighter" is a kind of...):

battler; belligerent; combatant; fighter; scrapper (someone who fights (or is fighting))