Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | derelict |
| Synonyms: | beggar, bezonian, blackguard, brute, bum, caitiff, cullion, dog, ingrate, knave, liar, libertine, looser, lowlife, miscreant, outcast, pariah, pauper, pilgarlic, poltroon, rake, rapscallion, rascal, renegade, reprobate, rogue, ronion, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, scullion, scum, snake, vagabond, varlet, villain, worm |
| Notes: | retch is to vomit or gag; wretch is a noun for a pitiable person |
| 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: | outcast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unwanted, not accepted |
| Synonyms: | bum*, castaway, deportee, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, gypsy, hobo*, persona non grata, rascal, refugee, reprobate, tramp, untouchable, vagabond, vagrant, wretch |
| Antonyms: | favorite, friend, idol |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rascal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unprincipled, does not work hard |
| Synonyms: | beggar, black sheep, blackguard, bully, bum, cad, cardsharp, charlatan, cheat, delinquent, devil, disgrace, felon, fraud, good-for-nothing, grafter, hooligan*, hypocrite, idler, imp, liar, loafer, mischief-maker, miscreant, opportunist, pretender, prodigal, profligate, recreant, reprobate, robber, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scoundrel, sinner, skunk, sneak*, swindler, tough*, tramp, trickster, varmint, villain, wastrel, wretch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scoundrel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is deceptive and |
| Synonyms: | bad news, black sheep, blackguard, caitiff, cheat, creep, crook, dastard, good-for-nothing, heel, imp, incorrigible, lowlife, maggot, mischiefmaker, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, rascal, reprobate, scalawag, scamp, thief, uncaring of others bad egg, vagabond, villain, wretch |
| Main Entry: | sneak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very dishonest |
| Synonyms: | cheater, con artist, coward, cur, dastard, heel, informer, louse, rascal, reptile, scoundrel, skunk, slink, snake in grass, snake*, toad, weasel, wretch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | victim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone or something sacrificed, preyed upon |
| Synonyms: | babe in woods, butt, casualty, clown, dupe, easy make, easy mark, fatality, fool, gambit, gopher, gudgeon, gull, hireling, hunted, immolation, injured party, innocent, mark, martyr, patsy, pawn, pigeon, prey, pushover, quarry, sacrifice, scapegoat, sitting duck, sitting target, soft touch, stooge, sucker, sufferer, underdog, wretch |
| Antonyms: | criminal, culprit |
| 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: | 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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