goon (n.)
- adherent
- battler
- beast
- beldam
- belligerent
- berserk
- berserker
- blade
- bomber
- bravo
- brawler
- bruiser
- brute
- bully
- bullyboy
- combatant
- competitor
- contender
- contestant
- creature
- demon
- devil
- disciple
- disputant
- dragon
- duelist
- dummy
- enforcer
- fencer
- fiend
- fighter
- figurehead
- fire-eater
- firebrand
- flunky
- follower
- fury
- gamecock
- gillie
- gladiator
- gorilla
- gun
- hanger-on
- hellcat
- hellhound
- hellion
- henchman
- hood
- hoodlum
- hooligan
- hothead
- hotspur
- incendiary
- jackal
- killer
- knight
- lackey
- madcap
- man
- militant
- minion
- monster
- mug
- mugger
- myrmidon
- picket
- plug-ugly
- puppet
- quarreler
- rapist
- revolutionary
- rioter
- rival
- rough
- roughneck
- rowdy
- ruffian
- satellite
- savage
- scrapper
- spitfire
- squabbler
- stooge
- strong-armer
- struggler
- swashbuckler
- sword
- swordsman
- sycophant
- termagant
- terror
- terrorist
- thug
- tiger
- tigress
- tilter
- torpedo
- tough
- virago
- vixen
- votary
- witch
- wolf
- wrangler