ragtag

Speech parts

1. ragtag - Noun

2. ragtag - Adjective

Meaning

disparaging terms for the common people

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

rabble riffraff ragtag and bobtail commons band motley ragamuffin crew mixed varied diverse pack gang populace mob
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Antonyms

same like separate list quality uniform
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Hypernyms

folk folks common people

Hyponyms

trash scum

Anagrams

tagrag

Examples

How was a tiny force, made up of ragtag mercenaries, mostly ex-Venezuelan soldiers, going to make it all the way to Caracas, assault the heavily fortified presidential palace, seize Maduro, and presumably return him to the U.S. via Colombia? Source: Internet

Jean Jost summarises the function of liminality in The Canterbury Tales, "Both appropriately and ironically in this raucous and subversive liminal space, a ragtag assembly gather together and tell their equally unconventional tales. Source: Internet

“We found it impossible to deal with the ragtag political parties,” Mkapa wrote. Source: Internet

At the foot of the Elwha River, the muddy outpost of Port Bonita is about to boom, fueled by a ragtag band of dizzyingly disparate men and women unified only in their visions of a more prosperous future. Source: Internet

Another reveals Polyphemus (aka Cyclops) as a kindly farmer who discovers a ragtag group of soldiers pilfering his property. Source: Internet

But fate has other plans—and Sophie’s ensuing odyssey and the ragtag family she finds will change the entire world. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ragsorter ragsorter's disease ragstone ragtag and bobtail ragtime ragtime band