Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
gorilla (noun)1.
a very large typically black-colored anthropoid ape () of equatorial Africa that has a stocky body with broad shoulders and long arms and is less erect and has smaller ears than the chimpanzee - Gorilla gorilla
2.
a) an ugly or brutal man
b) - thug goon
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
gorilla (noun)a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
SYNONIMS:
bully, gangbanger, gangsta, gangster, goon, gorilla, homeboy, homey ( homie), hood, hooligan, mobster, mug, plug-ugly, punk, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, thug, tough, toughie ( toughy), yob, yobboRELATED WORDS:
cutthroat, scoundrel, villain; assassin, bandit, bravo, brigand, criminal, crook, desperado, felon, gunman, highwayman, lawbreaker, mafioso, malefactor, offender, outlaw, perp, perpetrator, pirate; pickpocket, racketeer, robber, swindler, thief, vandal; juvenile delinquent, tearaway []