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| Main Entry: | rascal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unprincipled, does not work hard |
| Synonyms: | beggar, black sheep*, blackguard, bully, bum, cad, charlatan, cheat, delinquent, devil, disgrace, felon, fraud, good-for-nothing*, 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, villain, wastrel, wretch, cardsharp, grafter, varmint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | barbarian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crude, savage person |
| Synonyms: | beast, bigot, boor, brute, cannibal, clod, hooligan, ignoramus, lout, monster, rascal, ruffian, vandal, hun, philistine, troglodyte |
| Antonyms: | sophisticate |
| Main Entry: | brat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spoiled child |
| Synonyms: | devil*, enfant terrible*, holy terror*, kid, punk*, rascal, urchin, youngster, impudent child, jackanapes, unruly child, whippersnapper, wild one |
| Antonyms: | angel |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bully |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domineering person |
| Synonyms: | hector, insolent, oppressor, pest, rascal, rowdy, ruffian, tease, tough, annoyer, antagonizer, browbeater, bulldozer, coercer, harrier, intimidator, persecutor, tormenter |
| Main Entry: | cad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sly, dastardly person |
| Synonyms: | boor, bounder*, clown, creep, cur*, dog*, heel, louse, lout, rake, rascal, rat*, scoundrel, rotter, rounder, stinker, worm |
| Antonyms: | gentleman, helper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | culprit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person responsible for wrongdoing |
| Synonyms: | con, convict, criminal, delinquent, evildoer, felon, fugitive, malefactor, miscreant, offender, rascal, sinner, wrongdoer, ex-con, guilty party, jailbird, transgressor, yardbird |
| Main Entry: | deceitful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest, insincere |
| Synonyms: | artful, astute, clandestine, counterfeit, crafty, cunning, deceptive, delusive, designing, disingenuous, double-dealing, duplicitous, fallacious, false, feline, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, hypocritical, illusory, indirect, insidious, knavish, lying, mendacious, misleading, rascal, roguish, shifty, slick, sly, sneaky, stealthy, subtle, treacherous, tricky, two-faced*, underhand, underhanded, untrustworthy, untruthful, wily, astucious, beguiling, deceiving, delusory, guileful, impostrous |
| Notes: | deceitful means intended to deceive or cheat while deceptive means causing one to believe what is not true or likely to mislead someone |
| Antonyms: | faithful, frank, honest, loyal, open, sincere, trustworthy, truthful, upright |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deceptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, bum*, catchy, crafty, cunning, deceitful, delusive, designing, disingenuous, fake, fallacious, false, fishy, foxy, fraudulent, illusory, indirect, insidious, lying, misleading, mock, oblique, off*, phony, plausible, rascal, roguish, scheming, seeming, serpentine, shifty, slick, slippery, sly, sneaky, snide, specious, spurious, subtle, treacherous, tricky, two-faced*, underhand, underhanded, unreliable, wily, astucious, beguiling, deceiving, deluding, delusory, imposturous |
| Antonyms: | forthright, frank, honest, open, truthful, upright |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evil, devilish being or influence |
| Synonyms: | Satan, beast, brute, fiend, goblin, hellion, imp, incubus, monster, rascal, rogue, villain, archfiend, little devil, malignant spirit, succubus, vampire |
| Antonyms: | angel, god |
| Main Entry: | hellion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | troublemaker |
| Synonyms: | agent provocateur, agitator, demon, evildoer, firebrand*, heel*, incendiary, instigator, loose cannon*, mischief-maker, punk*, rabble-rouser*, rascal, recreant, rogue, rowdy*, smart aleck*, wise guy*, inciter, inflamer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischievous child, small person |
| Synonyms: | brat, demon, devil, elf, fiend, gnome, gremlin, hellion, minx, pixie, puck, rascal, rogue, scamp, sprite, troll, tyke, urchin, villain, deviling, devilkin, gamin |
| Main Entry: | mischievous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | devilish, wicked |
| Synonyms: | arch, artful, bad, bothersome, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foxy*, frolicsome, harmful, hazardous, holy terror*, hurtful, ill, impish, injurious, insidious, irksome, malicious, malignant, naughty, nocuous, perilous, pernicious, playful, precarious, puckish, rascal, risky, rude, sinful, sly, spiteful, sportive, teasing, tricky, troublesome, vexatious, vicious, wayward, dickens, exasperating, ill-behaved, misbehaving, rascally, vexing |
| Antonyms: | good, nice, obedient, behaved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, loafer, louse*, malefactor, outcast, outlaw, pickpocket, racketeer, rapscallion, rascal, rat*, reprobate, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, scum*, sinner, sneak, vagabond, villain, wretch, wrongdoer, jailbird, lowlife |
| Antonyms: | goody-goody |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | monkey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | primate |
| Synonyms: | anthropoid, ape, baboon, imp, monk, rascal, scamp, simian, chimpanzee, gorilla, lemur, orangutan |
| Main Entry: | outcast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unwanted, not accepted |
| Synonyms: | bum*, castaway, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, gypsy, hobo*, persona non grata*, rascal, refugee, reprobate, tramp, untouchable, vagabond, vagrant, wretch, deportee |
| Antonyms: | favorite, friend, idol |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pariah |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social outcast |
| Synonyms: | bum*, castaway, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, hobo*, leper, outsider, persona non grata*, rascal, refugee, tramp, undesirable, vagabond, vagrant, waif, deportee |
* = 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sneak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very dishonest |
| Synonyms: | con artist, coward, cur, dastard, heel*, informer, louse, rascal, scoundrel, skunk*, slink*, snake*, toad*, weasel*, wretch, cheater, reptile, snake in grass |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swindler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who cheats another |
| Synonyms: | absconder, charlatan, cheat, chiseler, clip, con artist, counterfeiter, crook, deceiver, forger, fraud, grifter, impostor, mechanic, mountebank, operator, rascal, rook, scoundrel, sharp, thief, trickster, cheater, confidence artist, defrauder, dodger, double-dealer, falsifier, four-flusher, gouger, scammer, shark, sharper, slicker |
| Antonyms: | philanthropist |
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