1. A member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent
   "Not all skinheads subscribe to racist ideologies, but the stereotype persists";
   - skin [informal]
    
2. A person whose head is bald or shaved
   "The skinhead wore heavy boots and a leather jacket";
   - baldhead [informal], baldpate, baldy [informal], skin [informal], baldie [informal]

Derived forms: skinheads

Type of: actor, bully, doer, hooligan, ned [UK, informal], roughneck [informal], rowdy, ruffian, scally [UK, informal], tough [informal], worker, yob [Brit, informal], yobbo [Brit, informal], yobo [Brit, informal]

Part of: bootboys [UK], skinheads

Encyclopedia: Skinhead