| Main Entry: | fraud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is false, deceitful |
Synonyms: |
bastard, bluffer, charlatan, cheat, counterfeit, crook, deceiver, double-dealer, fake, forger, four-flusher, hoaxer, horse trader, impostor, mechanic, mountebank, phony, play actor, pretender, quack, racketeer, sham*, shark, swindler |
| Main Entry: | hybrid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composite, mixture |
Synonyms: |
amalgam, bastard, combination, compound, cross, crossbreed, half-blood, half-breed, half-caste, incross, miscegenation, mongrel, mule, outcross |
Antonyms: |
homogeneous, pedigreed, pure, purebred, thoroughbred, unmixed |
| Main Entry: | mongrel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal of mixed background |
Synonyms: |
bastard, cross, crossbreed, cur, half-blood, half-breed, hybrid, mixed breed, mixture, mule, mutt |
| Main Entry: | illegitimate child |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | child born out of wedlock |
Synonyms: |
bar sinister, bastard, bastard child, bend sinister, by-blow, child born without benefit of clergy, love child, nullius filius, out-of-wedlock child, whoreson |
| 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: | love child |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | child born out of wedlock |
Synonyms: |
bar sinister, bastard, bastardy, by-blow, fruit of adultery, illegitimate child, natural child, nullius filius, spurious offspring, whoreson |
| Concept: | Knave. |
| Category: | 3. Moral conditions |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
knave, rogue; Scapin, rascal; Lazarillo de Tormes; bad man; blackguard; barrater, barrator; shyster [U.S.]., traitor, betrayer, archtraitor, conspirator, Judas, Catiline; reptile, serpent, snake in the grass, wolf in sheep's clothing, sneak, Jerry Sneak, squealer, tell-tale, mischief-maker; trimmer, renegade (tergiversation); truant, recreant; sycophant (servility).
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