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/ˈɹɪfɹæf/ · noun
(somewhat derogatory) The rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position..
They started charging a modest fee in an effort to keep the riffraff out.
Agent Beeman (Noah Emmerich): I think we got him. / Special Agent Gaad (Richard Thomas): Who? / Agent Beeman: I-I-I don't know. The guy who killed Chris, the--the Russians, the whole damn thing maybe. / Special Agent Gaad: You want to sit down? / Agent Beeman: The guy from the salvage yard who hocked the ring, and he does business with some riffraff from the projects.
Mom: [Walks away with King Pridemoor.] / King Knight: 'MOM, WAIT! ..... MOM!! *SIGH* WELL, FINALLY, THE RIFF-RAFF... AND MY MOM, ARE GONE.'
Use riff raff when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Riff raff means (somewhat derogatory) The rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position..
Common synonyms include canaille, commonality, commonalty, crowd.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They started charging a modest fee in an effort to keep the riffraff out.
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