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| Main Entry: |
rapscallion
[rap-skal-yuhn]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rascal |
| Synonyms: | hooligan, rogue, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, trickster |
| Main Entry: | good-for-nothing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is idle, worthless |
| Synonyms: | bad lot, black sheep, bum, loafer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, profligate, rapscallion, scalawag, scamp, tramp, vagabond, waster, wastrel |
| Antonyms: | hard worker |
| Main Entry: | miscreant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very bad, immoral |
| Synonyms: | black sheep, blackguard, bootlegger, bully, cad, caitiff, convict, criminal, culprit, delinquent, drunkard, evildoer, felon, fink, heel, hoodlum, jailbird, loafer, louse, lowlife, malefactor, outcast, outlaw, pickpocket, racketeer, rapscallion, rascal, rat, reprobate, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, scum*, sinner, sneak, vagabond, villain, wretch, wrongdoer |
| Antonyms: | goody-goody |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who deceives, swindles |
| Synonyms: | bad egg, bad news, black sheep, blackguard, charlatan, cheat, cheater, con artist, criminal, crook, defrauder, devil, fraud, heel, hooligan*, lowlife, mischief, miscreant, monstrosity, ne'er-do-well, outlaw, problem*, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, swindler, trickster, villain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scamp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rascal |
| Synonyms: | cheat, cheater, delinquent, fraud, hooligan*, liar, mischief-maker, prankster, rapscallion, reprobate, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scallywag, scoundrel, shyster, sneak, swindler, trickster, troublemaker, villain, whippersnapper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | villain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evil person |
| Synonyms: | antihero, blackguard, brute, caitiff, creep*, criminal, devil, enfant terrible, evildoer, heel, libertine, lowlife, malefactor, mischief-maker, miscreant, offender, profligate, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, scoundrel, sinner, wretch |
| Notes: | a villain is a bad or evil person; a villein was a feudal serf in medieval Europe |
| Antonyms: | hero, heroine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knave |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rascal |
| Synonyms: | bastard, blackguard, fraud, heel, lowlife, miscreant, rapscallion, reprobate, rogue, scallywag, scamp, scoundrel, swindler, villain |
| Main Entry: | malefactor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal |
| Synonyms: | bad egg, black sheep, con, convict, culprit, delinquent, evildoer, felon, hellhound, hoodlum, jailbird, lawbreaker, outcast, outlaw, prisoner, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rounder, rowdy*, ruffian, scamp, scoundrel, sinner, thug, transgressor, varlet, villain, wretch, wrongdoer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scalawag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rascal |
| Synonyms: | caitiff, miscreant, rapscallion, reprobate, rogue, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, trickster, varlet, villain |
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